Starch Synthetase, Phosphorylase, ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase, and UDPglucose Pyrophosphorylase in Developing Maize Kernels

AUTOR(ES)

Ozbun, J. L.

RESUMO

Soluble ADPglucose-α-glucan 4-α-glucosyltransferase (starch synthetase), ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase, UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase and phosphorylase were assayed in extracts from developing kernels of maize (Zea mays). Normal, waxy and amylose-extender maize at stages of development ranging from 8 days to 28 days after pollination were studied. Shrunken-4 maize at the 22-day stage was also studied. There is adequate activity of both ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and starch synthetase at all stages of development to account for the synthesis of starch. Thus all starch could be synthesized via the ADPglucose pathway. High levels of UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase and of phosphorylase activities were also found at all stages of development. The possible role of phosphorylase in starch synthesis could not be discounted. The levels of phosphorylase, ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase, starch synthetase, and UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase activities in shrunken-4 kernels were about 20 to 40% of that found in normal maize kernels. It appears that the mutation in shrunken-4 affects the activities of more than one enzyme. The defective starch synthesis seen in this mutant could be due to the low activities of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and starch synthetase rather than the low activity of phosphorylase.

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