2003•Life Science ResearchRequires access
Expression and Regulation of Sucrose Cleaving Enzymes and Genes in Higher Plants
Liang Jian
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Abstract
Sink organs of most plant species are supplied with carbon and energy in the form of sucrose,the channeling of sucrose into sink metabolism requires its cleavage into glucose and fructose by several isoforms of invertase and sucrose synthase,but sugars regulate gene expression of many enzymes during metabolism,sucrose cleaving enzymes play a vital role in plant growth and development.The functions of sucrose cleaving enzymes are discussed,the current advances in gene expression and regulation of sucrose synthase and invertase are reviewed.