Advances on Sucrose Phosphate Synthase in Plants

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China Biotechnology ›› 2012, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6) : 109-119.

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Advances on Sucrose Phosphate Synthase in Plants

HUANG Dong-liang^1,2, LI Shuang-xi^1,2, LIAO Qing^2,3, QIN Cui-xian^1,2, LIN Li^1,2, FANG Feng-xue^1,2, LI Yang-rui^1,2

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Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) is the key enzyme that controls the sucrose biosynthesis in plants. Accumulation of sucrose is significantly correlated with SPS activity. Moreover, SPS is involved in plant growth and production, and play an important role in stress-tolerance. There are at least SPS families in higher plant, named A, B and C, respectively, but there are at least five SPS families, named A, B, C, D_III and D_IV, respectively, in the monocotyledonous plants from Poaceae. Each family of SPS gene in different plant shows divergent expression pattern, implying the complicated functional significance of each SPS family in plant. SPS activity is regulated by plant development, light, metabolites, exogenous substance such as auxin, glucide etc. in two ways: gene expression and reversible protein phosphorylation. It’s worth for further studty on transgenetic researches because it’s an effective way to improve production, quality and stress-tolerance of plants by transfer of SPS gene. The comprehensive researches on sucrose phosphate synthase in plants were summarized, and some questions and research views were brought forward.

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Plant / Sucrose phosphate synthase / Gene

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HUANG Dong-liang, LI Shuang-xi, LIAO Qing, QIN Cui-xian, LIN Li, FANG Feng-xue, LI Yang-rui. Advances on Sucrose Phosphate Synthase in Plants[J]. China Biotechnology, 2012, 32(6): 109-119

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