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. 2013 Oct 7;163(4):1609–1622. doi: 10.1104/pp.113.227702

Table I. C-related enzyme activities during pre anthesis in flag leaves.

C-related enzyme activities were determined in flag leaves of wild-type and transgenic PSARK::IPT plants subjected to 3 d of water stress. Enzyme activities are expressed as moles of metabolite generated/consumed per milligram of protein per unit of time. Additional details are provided in “Materials and Methods.” Values are presented as means ± sd of six individual plants per genotype/treatment. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Student’s t test. Boldface values indicate significant differences by genotype comparisons (P ≤ 0.05); asterisks indicate significant differences by treatment comparisons (P ≤ 0.05); CWInv, Cell wall invertase.

Enzyme Activities Flag Leaf
Well Watered
Water-Stress
Wild Type PSARK::IPT Wild Type PSARK::IPT
SPS (µmol Suc mg−1 protein h−1) 24.9 ± 6.5* 18.5 ± 2.7 16.3 ± 3.4 24 ± 2.6*
SuSy (synthesis) [µmol Suc mg−1 protein h−1] 5.9 ± 1.3 5.8 ± 2.6 5 ± 2.4 5.8 ± 2.72
SuSy (degradation) [µmol Fru mg−1 protein h−1] 4.7 ± 0.5 3.3 ± 0.7 5.7 ± 0.4 4. ± 0.8
CytINV (µmol Glc mg−1 protein h−1) 2.9 ± 0.6 2.9 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.6
VINV (µmol Glc mg−1 protein h−1) 7.7 ± 1.7 9.1 ± 1.2 11.6 ± 1.7* 9.5 ± 0.6
CWInv (µmol Glc mg−1 protein h−1) 9 ± 3.2 11 ± 3.4 11.8 ± 3 9.5 ± 3.9
Amylolytic activity (µmol Glc mg−1 protein h−1) 6 ± 0.8 5.8 ± 0.8 7.9 ± 1.6* 6.7 ± 0.7
Trehalase (µmol Glc mg−1 protein h−1) 0.6 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.2 1 ± 0.06* 1.2 ± 0.1*
HK (nmol NADH mg−1 protein min−1) 6.1 ± 0.6 9.4 ± 0.4 8.8 ± 0.9* 12 ± 1.3*