Tuber-specific expression of a yeast invertase and a bacterial glucokinase in potato leads to an activation of sucrose phosphate synthase and the creation of a sucrose futile cycle

Planta

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-238

  Trethewey, Richard N ^a,c   Riesmeier, Jörg W ^a,d   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Stitt, Mark ^b   Geigenberger, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

^d PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH F and E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucokinase; Glycolysis; Invertase; Solanum; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUCROSE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0032926238     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050554     Document Type: Article

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