番茄蔗糖代谢关键基因的分子生物学研究

蔗糖代谢相关的酶类主要有转化酶、蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶。该文着重对番茄中这些酶的编码基因表达与转基因方面的近期研究进行分析评述。     

转化酶在高等植物蔗糖代谢中的作用研究进展

蔗糖转化酶在高等植物蔗糖代谢中起着关键的作用。研究表明,转化酶参与植物的生长、器官建成、糖分运输、韧皮部卸载及调节库组织糖分构成及水平。近年来关于该酶的生化特性、基因表达与调控以及结构与功能等的研究取得了重要进展。本文介绍了转化酶在植物体内的种类、分布、分子结构特点、生理作用及分子生物学研究进展。     

转化酶在高等植物蔗糖代谢中的作用研究进展

蔗糖转化酶在高等植物蔗糖代谢中起着关键的作用。研究表明 ,转化酶参与植物的生长、器官建成、糖分运输、韧皮部卸载及调节库组织糖分构成及水平。近年来关于该酶的生化特性、基因表达与调控以及结构与功能等的研究取得了重要进展。本文介绍了转化酶在植物体内的种类、分布、分子结构特点、生理作用及分子生物学研究进展。     

高等植物中与蔗糖代谢相关的酶

就近年来高等植物转化酶,蔗糖磷酸合成酶和蔗糖合成酶等3种与蔗糖代谢相关酶的作用,基因的克隆以及转基因植株的表现作了述评。     

菊芋蔗糖代谢相关产物与关键酶基因对高温的响应

蔗糖是一类重要的碳水化合物,其代谢与植物生长发育及抵抗胁迫等有密切的关系。蔗糖合成酶(SUS)、蔗糖磷酸合成酶(SPS)与蔗糖转化酶(INV)是参与蔗糖代谢的三类关键酶。本研究依据转录组测序数据,从能源植物菊芋中鉴定了2个SUS、2个SPS和7个INV基因(GenBank No:MK386943-53)。生物信息学分析表明,菊芋SUS、SPS和INV的氨基酸序列与其他物种具有较高的相似性,均属于亲水性蛋白。在25、30°C处理10、15、20 d的菊芋幼苗叶片中,这三种基因家族成员呈现不同的表达模式;除可溶性总糖含量减少外,果糖、蔗糖、蔗果三糖等含量没有发生明显变化。表明高温下幼苗蔗糖代谢关键酶基因发生了响应,蔗糖代谢处于平衡状态,显示了菊芋对高温的良好耐受性。     

蔗糖代谢相关基因转化植株的研究进展

蔗糖代谢关键酶主要有蔗糖酶(转化酶)、蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶.本文对这些酶编码基因的转化植株的特性作了介绍,并对需进一步研究的问题进行了讨论.     

河套蜜瓜果实发育过程中糖积累与蔗糖代谢相关酶的关系

以河套蜜瓜为试材,采用外部形态观测与内部生理指标测定相结合的方法,对其果实发育过程中果实生长模式以及果实中蔗糖、果糖、葡萄糖和淀粉含量以及蔗糖代谢相关酶活性进行测定,以揭示河套蜜瓜果实生长发育过程中糖的代谢积累与相关酶的关系.结果显示:(1)河套蜜瓜果实生长速率呈单"S"曲线,果实发育早期以积累葡萄糖为主,进入成熟期后蔗糖积累量迅速增加,最终由蔗糖和己糖共同构成果实品质.(2)在河套蜜瓜果实成熟期前,蔗糖磷酸合成酶(SPS)活性维持较低水平,进入成熟期后,SPS活性迅速升高;蔗糖合成酶(SS)活性在成熟期前为分解活性大于合成活性,成熟期后表现为合成活性大于分解活性;在整个果实发育期,酸性转化酶(AI)活性较低,中性转化酶(NI)活性始终高于AI.(3)在果实整个发育期,蔗糖含量与蔗糖代谢酶的净活力呈极显著正相关,蔗糖代谢相关酶共同作用决定果实中蔗糖含量.研究表明,在河套蜜瓜果实发育前期,以蔗糖分解代谢为主,且蔗糖合成酶和中性转化酶是催化蔗糖分解的关键酶;果实成熟期间,蔗糖代谢转为合成方向为主,蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶在蔗糖积累中起主导作用.     

甘蔗节间蔗糖含量与和蔗糖代谢相关的4种酶活性之间的关系剖析

测定和分析2个品种甘蔗节间蔗糖含量与和蔗糖代谢相关的4种酶活性之间关系的结果表明:节间蔗糖含量与酸性转化酶活性成极显著负相关,与蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性呈显著正相关。从通径分析结果可知,4种关键酶中可溶性酸性转化酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶是对蔗糖含量贡献程度最大的2个酶.     

枇杷果实发育过程中糖积累及相关酶活性变化研究

以'青种'、'霸红'和'鸡蛋白'3个枇杷品种为材料,测定不同果实发育时期果实中蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖含量以及蔗糖代谢相关酶即酸性转化酶(AI)、中性转化酶(NI)、蔗糖合成酶(SS)和蔗糖磷酸合成酶(SPS)的活性,并对果实中糖积累与酶活性的关系进行了分析.结果表明:在果实膨大期(5月3日)之前,3种枇杷果实的蔗糖、葡萄糖和果糖积累缓慢,之后则迅速积累,存在着明显的转折点;果实成熟(5月23日)之后糖分积累速度趋于平稳.3种枇杷果实在发育过程中转化酶、蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶的活性变化与3种糖积累的动态变化趋势相一致.NI和AI活性在果实膨大期之前都较低且没有明显的变化,之后均快速上升;SS和SPS的活性在果实膨大期之前都很低且几乎无变化,随后'鸡蛋白'的活性迅速上升至果实成熟之后便缓慢上升,而'青种'和'霸红'随果实成熟度的增加而升高,但均低于'鸡蛋白'.可见,枇杷果实膨大期是糖分积累代谢活跃期,其糖积累受蔗糖代谢相关酶综合调控.     

植物酸性转化酶基因及其表达调控

酸性转化酶是蔗糖代谢的关键酶,在植物体中具有重要的生理作用.近十几年来,许多植物酸性转化酶基因已经克隆,其基因表达调控的研究也取得了很大的进展.本文综述了植物酸性转化酶基因及其蛋白结构、基因表达的器官和发育特异性以及糖、受伤、病原、胁迫和激素对基因表达的调节和蛋白抑制因子对酶活性的影响,并讨论了当前在该研究领域存在的问题.     

植物蔗糖转运蛋白及其功能调节研究进展

综述了高等植物蔗糖转运蛋白基因家族的分类,蔗糖转运蛋白的细胞定位,蔗糖转运蛋白的功能调节,以及果实中糖运转的特性等方面的研究进展,并提出了深入研究果实蔗糖运转蛋白的展望。     

植物体内蔗糖转运蛋白的功能和调控

蔗糖转运蛋白（sucrose transporter,SUT）负责蔗糖的跨膜运输,在韧皮部介导的源-库蔗糖运输和为库组织供应蔗糖的生理活动中起关键作用。本文介绍植物体内蔗糖转运蛋白基因家族、细胞定位与功能调节以及高等植物的蔗糖感受机制的研究进展。     

Starch-producing Polytoma uvella lacks sucrose and sucrose-metabolizing enzymes

The absence of sucrose, sucrose synthetase and sucrose phosphate synthetase has been demonstrated by chromatographic, enzymatic and radioisotopic metho     

Occurrence of sucrose and sucrose metabolizing enzymes in achlorophyllous algae

The presence of sucrose and the enzymes related to sucrose metabolism, i.e. sucrose synthase (SS) (UDP-glucose: D-fructose-2-glucosyl transferase, EC 2.4.1.13), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) (UDP-glucose: D-fructose-6-phosphate-2-glucosyl transferase, EC 2.4.1.14) and invertase (β-D-fructofuranoside fructohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.26) was demonstrated in Prototheca zopfii, a colorless alga. The levels of enzyme activities were lower than those obtained in Chlorella vulgaris, which is generally considered the photosynthetic counterpart of P. zopfii. Whem enzyme activities were measured in bleached cells of C. vulgaris, the levels were of the same order than those found in P. zopfii. These results would indicate that the sucrose metabolizing enzymes are not related to the algae ability to carry on photosynthesis.     

网纹甜瓜发育果实糖分积累与蔗糖代谢参与酶的关系

随着网纹甜瓜果实的发育,果实中葡萄糖和果糖的含量增加,蔗糖的快速积累发生在果实发育的中后期,高蔗糖积累型果实中蔗糖积累速率明显快于低蔗糖积累型.蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性在果实发育的前期短暂下降, 而后稳步上升,在果实发育的中后期高蔗糖积累型果实中该酶的活性显著高于低蔗糖积累型果实;随着果实发育,蔗糖合成酶的分解活性降低而合成活性升高.酸性和中性转化酶在未成熟果实中活性较高,而在成熟果实中很低; 高蔗糖积累型果实中酸性转化酶活性显著低于同期低蔗糖积累型果实.合成蔗糖的酶活性小于分解蔗糖的酶活性时蔗糖几乎没有积累.根据这些结果推测,转化酶活性的下降、蔗糖磷酸合成酶活性的增加以及蔗糖合成酶分解活性的下降和合成活性的增加,是引起果实蔗糖积累的主要内在因子.     

In vitro and in vivo inhibition of sucrose synthesis by sucrose

The inhibitory effects of sucrose on rates of sucrose synthesis by sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) from the maize scutellum and on net rates of sucrose production in maize scutellum slices from added glucose or fructose were studied. Scutellum extracts were prepared by freezing and thawing scutellum slices in buffer. The extracts contained SPS and sucrose phosphate phosphatase, but were free of sucrose synthase. SPS activity was calculated from measurement of UDP formation in the presence of UDPG, fructose-6-P and sucrose. The ranges of metabolite concentrations used were those estimated to be in scutellum slices after incubation in water or fructose for periods up to 5 hr. UDPG and fructose-6-P also were added at concentrations that saturated SPS. At saturating substrate levels, sucrose inhibition of SPS was less than that when tissue levels of substrates were used. With tissue levels of substrates and sucrose concentrations up to ca 166 mM, sucrose inhibitions of sucrose synthesis in vitro by SPS were similar to those observed in vivo. However, as the sucrose concentration rose above 166 mM, SPS activity was not inhibited further, whereas there was a further sharp decline in sucrose production by the slices. It is concluded that sucrose synthesis in vivo is controlled by sucrose inhibition of SPS over a considerable range of internal sucrose concentrations.     

Occurrence of sucrose phosphatase in vascular and non-vascular plants

Green plants including representatives of angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, mosses, liverworts and green algae were shown to contain a specific sucrose phosphatase, the last enzyme in the pathway of sucrose synthesis. The enzyme from all species required Mg²⁺ for activity and it was partially inhibited by sucrose. It was not detected in a red alga, brown algae, or mushroom species which contain little or no sucrose.     

Sucrose absorption and synthesis by excised Lycopersicon esculentum roots

Asymmetrically-labelled sucrose was absorbed intact by excised roots of tomato, grown in sucrose. Glucose-grown roots possessed sucrose synthetase and sucrose phosphate synthetase activity.