Enzymic Mechanism of Starch Breakdown in Germinating Rice Seeds II. Scutellum as the Site of Sucrose Synthesis1

AUTOR(ES)

Nomura, Takeo

RESUMO

In a close parallel to the developmental pattern of α-amylase activity, a rapid increase of maltase activity occurred in the endosperm tissue of germinating rice seeds after about 4 days of the seed imbibition. The overall pattern of the 2 hydrolytic enzyme activities strongly suggest that amylolytic breakdown is the major metabolic route of starch utilization in the germinating rice seeds. Results of the chemical analyses of sugar constituents as well as the measurements of sucrose synthetase activity show that the scutellum is the site of sucrose synthesis in the germinating rice seeds. It is thus supported that glucose derived from the reserve starch in endosperm is transported to scutellum, where it is converted to sucrose. Sucrose is further mobilized to the growing tissues, shoots and roots.

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