Sink Metabolism in Tomato Fruit 1: III. Analysis of Carbohydrate Assimilation in a Wild Species

AUTOR(ES)

Yelle, Serge

RESUMO

Carbohydrate composition and key enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism were assayed throughout development of Lycopersicon esculentum and L. chmielewskii fruit. Translocation and assimilation of asymmetric sucrose and total soluble solids content was also determined in both species. The data showed that L. chmielewskii accumulated less starch than L. esculentum, and this was related to a lower level of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and a higher level of phosphorylase in L. chmielewskii. L. chmielewskii accumulated sucrose throughout fruit development rather than glucose and fructose which were accumulated by L. esculentum. A low level of invertase and nondetectable levels of sucrose synthase were associated with the high level of sucrose in L. chmielewskii. Translocation and assimilation of asymmetrically labeled sucrose indicated that sucrose accumulated in L. chmielewskii fruit was imported and stored directly in the fruit without intervening metabolism along the translocation path. In contrast, the relatively low level of radioactive sucrose found in L. esculentum fruit appeared to arise from hydrolysis and resynthesis of sucrose. The possible relationship between the level of soluble solids and differences in carbohydrate metabolism in sink tissue of the two species is discussed.

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