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THE banana belongs to a group of fruits which undergo a rapid increase in respiration with ripening1. Several theories have been advanced to account for this ‘respiratory climacteric’2: the most often mentioned hypotheses are (1) the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, (2) a change in acceptor control by ADP, (3) a change in membrane permeability, and (4) the synthesis or activation of a rate-limiting enzyme. The uncoupler theory and the ADP to ATP ratio change have, however, been disproved, and no clear evidence has been presented in support of the other theories.
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SALMINEN, S., YOUNG, R. Negative Cooperativity of Phosphofructokinase as a Possible Regulator of Ripening in Banana Fruit. Nature 247, 389–391 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247389b0
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