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Metabolism and Physiology of Abscisic Acid

Metabolism and Physiology of Abscisic Acid The study of the biochemistry and physiology of ABA has undergone a renaissance in the 1980s. ABA was originally considered a growth inhibitor. We now know that it, like other plant hormones, has multiple roles during the life cycle of a plant. Each of its functions is determined developmentally and environmentally. ABA is ubiquitous in higher plants; it is also produced by certain algae (223, 224) and by several phytopathogenic fungi (46). Outside the plant kingdom, ABA has been found in the brains of several mammals (22,116),but this ABA may have originated from plants in the animals' diets rather than from synthesis in the brain. The last review on ABA in this series appeared in 1980 (231), and a comprehensive review of the biosynthesis and catabolism of ABA appeared in the same year (202). Since then, a book on ABA edited by Addicott (4) has been published, as well as a chapter emphasizing chemical aspects of ABA (83). Biosynthesis and catabolism of ABA have been dealt with in several conference and symposium volumes (71, 125, 153, 220, 221), as have the reviews describing mutants deficient in ABA have appeared recently various physiological roles of ABA (42,98,181, 190,191,207). Excellent http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Plant Biology Annual Reviews

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Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1988 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
1040-2519
DOI
10.1146/annurev.pp.39.060188.002255
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Abstract

The study of the biochemistry and physiology of ABA has undergone a renaissance in the 1980s. ABA was originally considered a growth inhibitor. We now know that it, like other plant hormones, has multiple roles during the life cycle of a plant. Each of its functions is determined developmentally and environmentally. ABA is ubiquitous in higher plants; it is also produced by certain algae (223, 224) and by several phytopathogenic fungi (46). Outside the plant kingdom, ABA has been found in the brains of several mammals (22,116),but this ABA may have originated from plants in the animals' diets rather than from synthesis in the brain. The last review on ABA in this series appeared in 1980 (231), and a comprehensive review of the biosynthesis and catabolism of ABA appeared in the same year (202). Since then, a book on ABA edited by Addicott (4) has been published, as well as a chapter emphasizing chemical aspects of ABA (83). Biosynthesis and catabolism of ABA have been dealt with in several conference and symposium volumes (71, 125, 153, 220, 221), as have the reviews describing mutants deficient in ABA have appeared recently various physiological roles of ABA (42,98,181, 190,191,207). Excellent

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Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews

Published: Jun 1, 1988

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