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. 1988 Feb;86(2):575–580. doi: 10.1104/pp.86.2.575

Evidence for the Presence of a Sucrose Carrier in Immature Sugar Beet Tap Roots 1

Remi Lemoine 1, Jaleh Daie 1, Roger Wyse 1
PMCID: PMC1054525  PMID: 16665948

Abstract

The objectives of this work were to determine the path of phloem unloading and if a sucrose carrier was present in young sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) taproots. The approach was to exploit the characteristics of the sucrose analog, 1'-fluorosucrose (F-sucrose) which is a poor substrate for acid invertase but is a substrate for sucrose synthase. Ten millimolar each of [3H]sucrose and [14C]F-sucrose were applied in a 1:1 ratio to an abraded region of an attached leaf for 6 hours. [14C]F-sucrose was translocated and accumulated in the roots at a higher rate than [3H]sucrose. This was due to [3H]sucrose hydrolysis along the translocation path. Presence of [3H]hexose and [14C]F-sucrose in the root apoplast suggested apoplastic sucrose unloading with its subsequent hydrolysis. Labeled F-sucrose uptake by root tissue discs exhibited biphasic kinetics and was inhibited by unlabeled sucrose, indicating that immature roots have the ability for carrier-mediated sucrose transport from the apoplast. Collectively, in vivo and in vitro data indicate that despite sucrose hydrolysis by the wall-bound invertase, sucrose hydrolysis is not entirely essential for sugar accumulation in this tissue.

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