Use of antisense RNA technology to study pectin degradation in tomato fruit
作者:
G. A. Tucker,
G. B. Seymour,
Y. Bundick,
D. Robertson,
L. Hall,
C. J. S. Smith,
D. Grierson,
C. R. Bird,
W. Schuch,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 2
页码: 119-124
ISSN:0114-0671
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/01140671.1992.10421904
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: polygalacturonase;pectinesterase;tomato;Lycopersicon esculentum;ripening;antisense;RNA;pectin
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Antisense RNA technology is a powerful tool to study the metabolic role of enzymes and to produce commercially desirable traits in food crops. This is demonstrated here for the study of pectin degradation during tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill) fruit ripening. Two enzymes—polygalacturonase (PG) and pectinesterase (PE), have been down regulated using this technique. Reduced PG prevented pectin depolymerisation during ripening and resulted in fruit with improved storage and transport characteristics. The reduction in PE activity resulted in increased pectin esterification throughout ripening but had no apparent effect on fruit physiology. All other aspects of pectin metabolism tested were unaffected in these transgenic fruit.
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