RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACID INVERTASE ACTIVITY AND SUGAR CONTENT IN GRAPE SPECIES

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEVAIAH KAMBIRANDA ◽  
HEMANTH VASANTHAIAH ◽  
SHEIKH M. BASHA
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Invertase Activity ◽  
Acid Invertase

scholarly journals Effects of Nighttime Heating on Cell Size, Acid Invertase Activity, Sucrose Phosphate Synthase Activity, and Sugar Content of Melon Fruit

2010 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Matsumoto ◽  
Hideyuki Goto ◽  
Yasutaka Kano ◽  
Akira Kikuchi ◽  
Hideaki Ueda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Size ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Soluble Sugar ◽  
Sucrose Phosphate Synthase ◽  
Invertase Activity ◽  
Acid Invertase ◽  
Sugar Accumulation ◽  
Control Fruit ◽  
Sucrose Phosphate ◽  
Phosphate Synthase

To determine the relationship among cell size, acid invertase (AI) activity, sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) activity, and sucrose accumulation in melon (Cucumis melo L.) during early development [from 6 to 16 days after anthesis (DAA)], fruit were heated at night to a minimum of 20 °C. Cells of heated fruit were larger than those of control fruit at 16 DAA but smaller at 50 DAA. AI activity was lower and SPS activity was higher in heated than in control fruit up to 26 DAA. Sucrose, glucose, and fructose contents at 26 and 50 DAA were higher in heated than in control fruit. Heating caused cells to reach mature size earlier than those of control fruit, and maturity was accompanied by earlier decline in AI activity and an earlier increase in SPS activity that promoted soluble sugar accumulation.

THE INVERTASE OF THE CORN RADICLE AND ITS ACTIVITY IN SUCCESSIVE STAGES OF GROWTH

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Hellebust ◽  
D. F. Forward
Keyword(s):  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Invertase Activity ◽  
Cell Number ◽  
Permeability Barrier ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Stages Of Growth ◽  
Growing Cell

Segments of the first 10 millimeters of corn radicle tips have been analyzed in terms of invertase activity, cell number, fresh and dry weights, and sugar content. Invertase activity per cell increased 40-fold as the meristematic cell advanced to the stage of most rapid elongation, and again subsided as the cell ceased to elongate and entered the stage of maturation. In the growing cell, the concentration of sucrose remained low while that of reducing sugars increased fivefold.The corn radicle invertase was found to be a β-fructofuranosidase with a Km of 0.006 M and a pH optimum of 4.6. Kinetic studies indicate that there is no change in the nature of the corn radicle invertase during cell growth. Equivalent activities of intact cells or segments and homogenates is consistent with the assumption that the enzyme is located outside the permeability barrier of the cells.

Metabolic engineering of invertase activities in different subcellular compartments affects sucrose accumulation in sugarcane cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmei Ma ◽  
Henrik H. Albert ◽  
Robert Paull ◽  
Paul H. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Fold Increase ◽  
Saccharum Officinarum ◽  
Invertase Activity ◽  
Acid Invertase ◽  
Sucrose Accumulation ◽  
Sugar Composition ◽  
Transgenic Sugarcane ◽  
Soluble Acid Invertase ◽  
Invertase Gene ◽  
Soluble Acid

Transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) lines were created to express altered invertase isoform activity to elucidate the role(s) of invertase in the sucrose accumulation process. A sugarcane soluble acid invertase cDNA (SCINVm, AF062734) in the antisense orientation was used to decrease invertase activity. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae invertase gene (SUC2), fused with appropriate targeting elements, was used to increase invertase activity in the apoplast, cytoplasm and vacuole. A callus/liquid culture system was established to evaluate change in invertase activity and sugar concentration in the transgenic lines. Increased invertase activity in the apoplast led to rapid hydrolysis of sucrose and rapid increase of hexose in the medium. The cellular hexose content increased dramatically and the sucrose level decreased. Cells with higher cytoplasmic invertase activity did not show a significant change in the sugar composition in the medium, but did significantly reduce the sucrose content in the cells. Transformation with the sugarcane antisense acid invertase gene produced a cell line with moderate inhibition of soluble acid invertase activity and a 2-fold increase in sucrose accumulation. Overall, intracellular and extracellular sugar composition was very sensitive to the change in invertase activities. Lowering acid invertase activity increased sucrose accumulation.

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