Enzymes of Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Developing Endosperm of Maize 1
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Tsai, C. Y.
RESUMO
A number of enzymes presumably implicated in starch synthesis were assayed at various stages of endosperm development ranging from 8 days to 28 days after pollination. Activity for invertase, hexokinase, the glucose phosphate isomerases, the phosphoglucomutases, phosphorylase I, uridine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, and the starch granule-bound nucleoside diphosphate glucose-starch glucosyltransferase was present at the earliest stage of development (8 days) studied. Activity was detectable for phosphorylase III, the soluble adenosine diphosphate glucose-starch glucosyltransferase, adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, and sucrose-uridine diphosphate glucosyltransferase at 12 days. For phosphorylase II and cytidine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, activity was first detectable at the 14- and 16-day stages, respectively. Rapid increases in starch content are observed prior to detectable activity for adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, the soluble adenosine diphosphate glucose-starch glucosyltransferase and phosphorylases II and III. For all enzymes, except invertase, activity per endosperm rises to a peak at 22 or 28 days. Greatest activity for invertase is found at 12 days with a steady decline thereafter. The pattern of invertase activity in comparison with that of sucrose-uridine diphosphate glucosyltransferase supports previous suggestions, that the latter plays a key role in the conversion of sucrose to starch. In addition to phosphorylases I, II, and III, multiple forms of glucosephosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase were detected.
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