“…Changes in PAL activity, together with other enzymes involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and the accumulation of various phenolic compounds is a plant response to stress (Dixon and Paiva 1995). Wounding is one of many stresses that induces a PAL‐promoter (Bevan et al 1989, Shufflebottom et al 1993, Prasad et al 1995, Zhu et al 1995, Sriprasertsak et al 1999), triggers the accumulation of PAL mRNA (Lawton and Lamb 1987, Ohl et al 1990, Ishizuka et al 1991, Joos and Hahlbrock 1992, Diallinas and Kanellis 1994, Fukusawa‐Akada et al 1996, McConn et al 1997), and increases PAL activity (Minamikawa and Uritani 1965a, Goldstein et al 1972, Wong et al 1974, Tanaka and Uritani 1976, Ke and Saltveit 1989a, Kamo et al 2000, Hisaminato et al 2001). Inhibitors of gene transcription and protein synthesis reduce the wound‐ and ethylene‐induced rise in PAL activity, suggesting that de novo PAL synthesis is required for these responses (Minamikawa and Uritani 1965b, Hyodo and Yang 1971, Chalutz 1973, Matsushita and Uritani 1975, Ke and Saltveit 1989a).…”