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Synthesis and biological activity of 4'-methoxy derivatives of abscisic acid
1RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan. tasami@postman.riken.gp.jp
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|July 29, 2000
Abstract:
Replacing the 4'-carbonyl group of abscisic acid with a methoxy group does not affect the abscisic acid (ABA)-like activities of the product in barley aleurone protoplasts, although the reduction of ABA to 4'-hydroxyl derivatives significantly reduces the ABA-like activity of the products. This suggests that methoxy derivatives of abscisic acid might be used to produce probes for ABA binding proteins.