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Malate plays a crucial role in starch metabolism, ripening, and soluble solid content of tomato fruit and affects postharvest softening.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2011
Centeno Danilo C, Osorio Sonia, Nunes-Nesi Adriano, Bertolo Ana L F, Carneiro Raphael T, Araújo Wagner L, Steinhauser Marie-Caroline, Michalska Justyna, Rohrmann Johannes, Geigenberger Peter, Oliver Sandra N, Stitt Mark, Carrari Fernando, Rose Jocelyn K C, Fernie Alisdair R
Abstract excerpt
Despite the fact that the organic acid content of a fruit is regarded as one of its most commercially important quality traits when assessed by the consumer, relatively little is known concerning the physiological importance of organic acid metabolism for the fruit itself. Here, we evaluate the effect of modifying malate metabolism in a fruit-specific manner, by reduction of the activities of either mitochondrial...
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