Starch granules size distribution in superior and inferior grains of wheat is related to enzyme activities and their gene expressions during grain filling |
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| Authors: | Chuanhui Zhang Dong Jiang Fulai Liu Jian Cai Tingbo Dai Weixing Cao |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture/Hi-Tech Key Laboratory of Information Agriculture of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR China;2. University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Mature wheat endosperm contains A-, B-, C-type starch granules, and each class has unique physiochemical properties which determine the quality of starch. The dynamics of the starch granule size distribution, activities of starch synthases and expression of starch synthase encoding genes were studied in superior and inferior grains during grain filling. Compared with inferior grains, superior grains showed higher grain weight, contents of starch, amylose and amylopectin. The formation of A-, B-, C-type starch granules initiated at 4, 8, 20 DAF, respectively, and was well consistent with the temporally change patterns of starch synthase activities and relative gene expression levels. For instance, activities of soluble and granule-bound starch synthases (designated SSS and GBSS) peaked at 20 and 24 DAF. Genes encoding isoforms of starch synthases expressed at different grain filling periods. In addition, SS I was generally expressed over the grain filling stage; the SS II and SS III were expressed over the early and mid grain filling stage, and the GBSS I was expressed during the mid to late grain filling stage. In addition, the time-course changes in activities of starch synthases and expression of starch synthase encoding genes explained well the dynamics of the starch granule size distribution. |
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| Keywords: | Wheat (Triticum aestivum L ) Starch granule size Soluble starch systhase Granule-bound starch synthase |
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