Regulation of Climacteric Respiration in Ripening Avocado Fruit 1

AUTOR(ES)

Bennett, Alan B.

RESUMO

Ripening of avocado fruit is associated with a dramatic increase in respiration. In vivo31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed large increases in ATP levels accompanying the increase in respiration. Both glycolytic enzymes, phosphofructokinase, and pyrophosphate: fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase were present in avocado fruit with the latter activity being highly stimulated by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels increased approximately 90% at the onset of ripening, suggesting that the respiratory increase in ripening avocado fruit may be regulated by the activation of pyrophosphate:fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase by an increase in fructose 2,6-bisphosphate.

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