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Enzyme activities and gene expression of starch metabolism provide insights into grape berry development

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Zhu, Xudong 1 ; Zhang, Chaobo 1 ; Wu, Weimin 2 ; Li, Xiaopeng 1 ; Zhang, Chuan 1 ; Fang, Jinggui 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Hort, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

2.Jiangsu Acad Agr Sci, Inst Hort, 50 Zhongling Rd, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

期刊名称:HORTICULTURE RESEARCH ( 影响因子:6.793; 五年影响因子:6.589 )

ISSN: 2052-7276

年卷期: 2017 年 4 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Grapes are categorized as a non-climacteric type of fruit which its ripening is not associated to important rises in respiration and ethylene synthesis. The starch metabolism shares a certain role in the carbohydrate metabolic pathways during grape berry development, and is regarded as an important transient pool in the pathway of sugar accumulation. However, the comprehensive role of starch and its contribution to the quality and flavor of grape berry have not been explored thoroughly. In this study, the expression levels of genes enzyme activities and carbohydrate concentrations related to starch metabolism, were analyzed to understand the molecular mechanism of starch accumulation during grape berry development. The results indicated that starch granules in grape berry were located at the chloroplast in the sub-epidermal tissues, acting as the temporary reserves of photosynthetic products to meet the needs for berry development, and relatively high starch contents could be detected at veraison stage. Moreover, both ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.27) and sucrose phosphate synthase (EC 2.3.1.14) involved in starch synthesis displayed elevated gene expression and enzymes activities in the sub-epidermal tissue, while a-and alpha-amylases involved in its degradation were highly transcribed and active in the central flesh, explaining the absence of starch in this last tissue. Change in the gene expression and activities of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, alpha-amylase and sucrose phosphate synthase revealed that they were regulated by the circadian rhythms in the fruitlets compared with those in the leaves. Both the morphological, enzymological and transcriptional data in this study provide advanced understandings on the function of starch during berry development and ripening that are so important for berry quality. This study will further facilitate our understanding of the sugar metabolism in grape berry as well as in other plant species.

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