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Activities of Sucrose and Sorbitol Metabolizing Enzymes in Vegetative Sinks of Peach and Correlation with Sink Growth Rate
Mark RiegerShe-jean S. SungRiccardo Lo Biancosubject
SucrosebiologySorbitol dehydrogenasefood and beveragesFructoseHorticultureSettore AGR/03 - Arboricoltura Generale E Coltivazioni Arboreechemistry.chemical_compoundInvertasechemistryBotanyShootGeneticsbiology.proteinSucrose synthaseSorbitolAcid invertase NAD+-dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase Prunus persica radicle sinks sorbitol sucrose synthasePlant stemdescription
Terminal portions of `Flordaguard' peach roots [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] were divided into six segments and the activities of NAD+-dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), sorbitol oxidase (SOX), sucrose synthase (SS), soluble acid invertase (AI), and soluble neutral invertase (NI) were measured in each segment 10, 15, and 20 days after seed germination. The same type of experiment was conducted with terminal portions of `Flordaguard' and `Nemaguard' peach shoots except that one of the six segments consisted of the leaflets surrounding the apex. Independent of the age of individual roots, activities of SDH and AI were consistently highest in the meristematic portion and decreased with tissue maturation. In shoots, AI was the most active enzyme in the elongating portion subtending the apex, whereas SDH was primarily associated with meristematic tissues. A positive correlation between SDH and AI activities was found in various developmental zones of roots (r = 0.96) and shoots (r = 0.90). Sorbitol and sucrose contents were low in roots regardless of distance from tip, while sucrose showed a decreasing trend with distance and sorbitol, fructose, and glucose increased with distance from the meristem in shoots. Activity of SDH in internodes, but not apices, correlated with shoot elongation rate of both cultivars, whereas activities of other enzymes did not correlate with shoot elongation rate. We conclude that AI and SDH are the predominant enzymes of carbohydrate catabolism and the best indicators of sink growth and development in vegetative sinks of peach.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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1999-07-01 | Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science |