RRC ID 47761
Author Wang N, Duhita N, Ariizumi T, Ezura H.
Title Involvement of vacuolar processing enzyme SlVPE5 in post-transcriptional process of invertase in sucrose accumulation in tomato.
Journal Plant Physiol Biochem
Abstract Enhancing the flavor of fruits plays a fundamental role in improving fruit quality, and volatile compositions as well as acid and sugar accumulation are significant factors that have an impact on the acceptability of sensory responses by human beings. Vacuoles in plants not only function as cell compartments that store amino acids, sugars and other metabolites but also act as lytic organelles where vacuolar proteins are post-translationally processed into mature forms or degraded by the action of vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE). We have previously characterized VPE genes (SlVPE1-5) during fruit development in tomato and discovered that the VPE enzyme activity negatively interfered with sugar accumulation in mature fruits. Comparative proteomic analysis demonstrated that acid invertase was one of the molecular targets of SlVPE5, which is involved in the hydrolysis of sucrose. This study also showed that decreased VPE enzyme activity due to suppression of SlVPE5 by RNAi strategy (RNAi-SlVPE5) accompanied with decreased enzyme activity of acid invertase. Further, we identified the enzyme activity of acid invertase was not well correlated with mRNA levels in the RNAi-SlVPE5 line. These results suggest that SlVPE5 regulates post-transcriptional processing through de novo synthesis of the acid invertase protein to suppress enzyme activity, thereby eventually ensuring sucrose hydrolysis.
Volume 108
Pages 71-78
Published 2016-11-1
DOI 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.06.037
PII S0981-9428(16)30267-4
PMID 27423072
MeSH Cysteine Endopeptidases / genetics Cysteine Endopeptidases / metabolism* Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional Fruit / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Plant Proteins / genetics Plant Proteins / metabolism Plants, Genetically Modified Proteomics RNA Interference RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods Solanum lycopersicum / genetics Solanum lycopersicum / metabolism* Sucrose / metabolism* Vacuoles / metabolism beta-Fructofuranosidase / genetics beta-Fructofuranosidase / metabolism*
IF 3.72
Times Cited 5
WOS Category PLANT SCIENCES
Resource
Tomato TOMJPF00001