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Ou-Lee TM, Setter TL. Enzyme activities of starch and sucrose pathways and growth of apical and Basal maize kernels. Plant Physiol. 1985;79(3):848-51doi: 10.1104/pp.79.3.848.
Ou-Lee, T. M., & Setter, T. L. (1985). Enzyme activities of starch and sucrose pathways and growth of apical and Basal maize kernels. Plant physiology, 79(3), 848-51. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.79.3.848
Ou-Lee, T M, and Setter, T L. "Enzyme activities of starch and sucrose pathways and growth of apical and Basal maize kernels." Plant physiology vol. 79,3 (1985): 848-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.79.3.848
Ou-Lee TM, Setter TL. Enzyme activities of starch and sucrose pathways and growth of apical and Basal maize kernels. Plant Physiol. 1985 Nov;79(3):848-51. doi: 10.1104/pp.79.3.848. PMID: 16664503; PMCID: PMC1074982.
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Plant Physiol. 1985 Nov;79(3):848-51. doi: 10.1104/pp.79.3.848.

Enzyme activities of starch and sucrose pathways and growth of apical and Basal maize kernels.

Plant physiology

T M Ou-Lee, T L Setter

Affiliations

  1. Department of Agronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

PMID: 16664503 PMCID: PMC1074982 DOI: 10.1104/pp.79.3.848

Abstract

Apical kernels of maize (Zea mays L.) ears have smaller size and lower growth rates than basal kernels. To improve our understanding of this difference, the developmental patterns of starch-synthesis-pathway enzyme activities and accumulation of sugars and starch was determined in apical- and basal-kernel endosperm of greenhouse-grown maize (cultivar Cornell 175) plants. Plants were synchronously pollinated, kernels were sampled from apical and basal ear positions throughout kernel development, and enzyme activities were measured in crude preparations. Several factors were correlated with the higher dry matter accumulation rate and larger mature kernel size of basal-kernel endosperm. During the period of cell expansion (7 to 19 days after pollination), the activity of insoluble (acid) invertase and sucose concentration in endosperm of basal kernels exceeded that in apical kernels. Soluble (alkaline) invertase was also high during this stage but was the same in endosperm of basal and apical kernels, while glucose concentration was higher in apical-kernel endosperm. During the period of maximal starch synthesis, the activities of sucrose synthase, ADP-Glc-pyrophosphorylase, and insoluble (granule-bound) ADP-Glc-starch synthase were higher in endosperm of basal than apical kernels. Soluble ADP-Glc-starch synthase, which was maximal during the early stage before starch accumulated, was the same in endosperm from apical and basal kernels. It appeared that differences in metabolic potential between apical and basal kernels were established at an early stage in kernel development.

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