Expression of a yeast-derived invertase in companion cells results in long-distance transport of a trisaccharide in an apoplastic loader and influences sucrose transport

Planta

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 759-766

  Zuther, Ellen ^a   Kwart, Marion ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Heyer, Arnd G ^a  

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

Author keywords

6 Kestose; Apoplastic loading; Companion cell; Cytosolic invertase; Fructan transport; Phloem exudation; Solanum

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TISSUE;

CELL COMPLEXES; PHLOEM;

YEAST;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE TRANSPORT PROTEIN, PLANT; TRISACCHARIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; YEAST;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; FRUCTANS; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUCROSE; TRISACCHARIDES; YEASTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1642410862     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1148-7     Document Type: Article

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