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Short Term Metabolism of Urea and Purine Cytokinins ^1,2

^a Department of Botany, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Approximately 20 to 25% of the cytokinin benzyladenine (BA) taken up by soybean tissues in culture is converted to a stable, long-lived derivative which contains BA as part of its structure. This derivative may be metabolically related to 6-benzylamino-9--D-ribofuranosylpurine 5'-monophosphate (BAMP). In in vivo incubations of 2 hours or less, we recover only BA, benzyladenosine, and BAMP. Benzyladenosine never accounts for more than 10% of the total radioactivity while BAMP builds up to about 20% of the total within 2 to 4 hours. After this period it begins to disappear, and a new, unidentified substance arises at a rate which roughly parallels the loss of BAMP. After about 48 hours this substance, which has good cytokinin activity, accounts for some 20 to 25% of the total radioactivity and persists at this level for at least 60 days. In the meantime the remainder of the BA, as well as benzyladenosine and BAMP, disappear completely. In addition, evidence is presented which suggests that the urea cytokinins are not active as such but first are metabolically transformed into other substances.

¹ Supported by National Science Foundation Grant GB8319 and National Institutes of Health Grant HD01835.

² Part of this material is from a thesis presented by William Dyson in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Kansas.