A mechanism for biogenic production and emission of MEK from MVK decoupled from isoprene biosynthesis

Cappellin, Luca; Loreto, Francesco; Biasioli, Franco; Pastore, Paolo; McKinney, Karena

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3125-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3125-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3125-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

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12 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 12 Mar 2019

A mechanism for biogenic production and emission of MEK from MVK decoupled from isoprene biosynthesis

Luca Cappellin, Francesco Loreto, Franco Biasioli, Paolo Pastore, and Karena McKinney

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AC1: 'Technical changes suggested by the short reviews', Luca Cappellin, 02 Dec 2018
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RC2: ''Comments on "A mechanism for biogenic production and emission of MEK from MVK decoupled from isoprene biosynthesis"', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Dec 2018

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MEK is an important VOC in atmospheric chemistry and recently it has been shown that biogenic sources are globally as important as anthropogenic ones. We unveiled the mechanism by which within-plant transformation of MVK is a source of biogenic MEK. Such transformation is observed in red oak for both exogenous MVK, taken up from the atmosphere, and endogenous MVK generated within plant when it experiences stress (e.g. heat stress). The new mechanism is important for inclusion in models.