期刊
PLANTA
卷 230, 期 1, 页码 39-51出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-0925-3
关键词
Apple fruits; Ascorbic acid; Biosynthesis; Light; Recycling
资金
- Natural Science Fund of Shaanxi province [2006C101]
- Talent Support Program of Northwest AF University
To further understand the regulatory mechanism of light on the formation of ascorbic acid (AsA) in the sink organs of plants, a systematical investigation on AsA levels, activities of two key biosynthsis enzymes and their mRNA expression as well as the recycling was performed in the fruits of apple (Malus domestica Borkh), under different levels of shade. After the whole trees were shaded with the sun-light about 50-55% for 20 days, AsA levels were significantly decreased in fruit peel, flesh and leaves, while mRNA expression levels and activities of L-galactose dehydrogenase (L-GalDH, EC 1.1.1.117) and L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase (L-GalLDH, EC 1.3.2.3) as well as activities of recycling enzymes was clearly declined in the leaf and peel but not in the flesh. By shading fruits only for 20 days, AsA levels, relative mRNA levels and activities of L-GalDH and L-GalLDH as well as activities of recycling enzymes all showed obvious decrease in the peel, but not in the flesh. However, their levels in the peel were markedly increased after the full shade was removed and re-exposed these fruits on natural light for 5 days. It is concluded that light affects AsA biosynthesis and recycling in the peel and leaf, but did not in the fresh. Results also suggest that apple fruit is potential to biosynthesize AsA via the L-galactose pathway, and AsA content in the fruits may depend partly on levels of AsA or other photochemistry controlled by light in the leaves.
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