Overexpression of pyrophosphatase leads to increased sucrose degradation and starch synthesis, increased activities of enzymes for sucrose-starch interconversions, and increased levels of nucleotides in growing potato tubers

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 428-437

  Geigenberger, Peter ^a   Hajirezaei, Mohammad ^a   Geiger, Michael ^a   Deiting, Uta ^a   Sonnewald, Uwe ^b   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nucleotide; Pyrophosphatase; Solanum (carbohydrate metabolism); Starch; Sucrose; Tuber

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; MANNOSIDASE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLD; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXOSES; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHATES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032127317     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050340     Document Type: Article

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