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Abscisic acid activates acid invertases in developing grape berry
Author(s) -
Pan QiuHong,
Li MeiJun,
Peng ChangCao,
Zhang Na,
Zou Xun,
Zou KeQin,
Wang XiuLing,
Yu XiangChun,
Wang XiaoFang,
Zhang DaPeng
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00552.x
Subject(s) - abscisic acid , biochemistry , invertase , enzyme , sugar , protein kinase a , biology , chemistry , gene
Acid invertases play a key role in sugar metabolism, and the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) enhances sugar accumulation in crop sink organs, but information about the relationship between ABA and acid invertases has been limited. The present experiments were done with both in vivo pre‐incubation of the grape ( Vitis vinifera × V . labrusca L.) berry tissues in ABA‐containing medium and in vivo infiltration of ABA into the intact berries. The results show that ABA activates both the soluble and cell wall‐bound acid invertases during fruit development by enhancing their activities and amounts as assessed by immunoblotting or enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. This activation was pH, time course and ABA dose dependent. The serine/threonine protein kinase inhibitors K252a, staurosporine and H7 and acid phosphatase increased the activation of ABA‐induced acid invertase, but the tyrosine protein kinase inhibitor quercetin strongly suppressed the ABA‐induced effects, suggesting that a complex reversible protein phosphorylation is involved in the ABA‐induced activation of acid invertases. The effects of the protein kinase inhibitors were dependent on the in vivo state of the tissues but independent of the expression of acid invertases. Two ABA analogues, (–)‐ABA and trans‐ABA, had no effect on acid invertases, showing that the ABA‐induced activation of acid invertases is specific to the physiologically active form of ABA. These data suggest that ABA may be involved in fruit development by activating acid invertases.