Fig. 1.
α-Man and β-Hex activity during capsicum fruit development and ripening. (A) Capsicum fruits used in this study. Flowers were tagged at anthesis and fruits were harvested at different stages of development and ripening at 7 (S1), 14 (S2), 21 (S3), 28 (S4) d after fruit set (DAF) and mature green (S5), breaker (S6), and red (S7) stages. (B) Specific activity of the α-Man enzyme was determined in different stages of fruits. Data are mean ±sem, n=3. (C) Specific activity of the β-Hex enzyme in different stages of fruits. Data are mean ±sem, n=3. (D) α-Man and β-Hex protein levels during the fruit development and ripening stages of capsicum were determined by immunoblotting.