• 제목/요약/키워드: vacuolar invertase

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The Role of Rice Vacuolar Invertase2 in Seed Size Control

  • Lee, Dae-Woo;Lee, Sang-Kyu;Rahman, Md Mizanor;Kim, Yu-Jin;Zhang, Dabing;Jeon, Jong-Seong
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제42권10호
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    • pp.711-720
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    • 2019
  • Sink strength optimizes sucrose import, which is fundamental to support developing seed grains and increase crop yields, including those of rice (Oryza sativa). In this regard, little is known about the function of vacuolar invertase (VIN) in controlling sink strength and thereby seed size. Here, in rice we analyzed mutants of two VINs, OsVIN1 and OsVIN2, to examine their role during seed development. In a phenotypic analysis of the T-DNA insertion mutants, only the OsVIN2 mutant osvin2-1 exhibited reduced seed size and grain weight. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that the small seed grains of osvin2-1 can be attributed to a reduction in spikelet size. A significant decrease in VIN activity and hexose level in the osvin2-1 spikelets interfered with spikelet growth. In addition, significant reduction in starch and increase in sucrose, which are characteristic features of reduced turnover and flux of sucrose due to impaired sink strength, were evident in the pre-storage stage of osvin2-1 developing grains. In situ hybridization analysis found that expression of OsVIN2 was predominant in the endocarp of developing grains. A genetically complemented line with a native genomic clone of OsVIN2 rescued reduced VIN activity and seed size. Two additional mutants, osvin2-2 and osvin2-3 generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 method, exhibited phenotypes similar to those of osvin2-1 in spikelet and seed size, VIN activity, and sugar metabolites. These results clearly demonstrate an important role of OsVIN2 as sink strength modulator that is critical for the maintenance of sucrose flux into developing seed grains.

GA 처리 후 급 성장하는 완두콩(Pisum sativum L.) 발아체로부터 분리된 중성 invertase의 특성 (Characterization of Neutral Invertase from Fast Growing Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seedlings after Gibberellic Acid (GA) Treatment)

  • 김동균
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제25권9호
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    • pp.1021-1026
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    • 2015
  • Invertase (β-D-fructosfuranosidase, EC 3.2.1.26)는 설탕을 포도당과 과당으로 가수분해하는 반응을 촉매한다. 3종류의 invertases [액포(수용성 산), 세포질(수용성 알칼리) 및 세포벽 결합]가 식물에서 연구되어 왔다. 우리는 순차적인 ammonium sulfate 침전, 이온교환크로마토그래피, 흡수크로마토그래피, Green-19 친화크로마토그래피 과정을 통해 완두콩(Pisum sativum L.) 발아체로부터 중성 invertase의 세포막 연결 isoform을 430배 순수 분리하였다. 분리된 세포막과 결합 된insoluble invertase (IN-INV)는 최적 pH는 중성에서 알칼리 사이(pH 6.8-7.5)로 나타났다. 이 효소는 Tris 뿐만 아니라 Hg2+ and Cu2+와 같은 중금속에 의해 저해되었다. IN-INV 의 Km과 Vmax 값은 각각 12.95 mM과 2.98 U/min으로 측정되었다. IN-INV는 기질로써 과당뿐만 아니라 라피노오스와 반응하기 때문에 진정한 β-fructofuranosidase로 판명되었다. IN-INV의 분자량 20 kDa이었다. 위 결과로 볼 때 GA 영향으로 급속히 자라는 발아체에서 단백질이 분리되었는데 특징적으로 invertase였다.