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Evolutionary gain of oligosaccharide hydrolysis and sugar transport enhanced carbohydrate partitioning in sweet watermelon fruits.
The Plant cell - 2 Jul 2021
Ren Yi, Li Maoying, Guo Shaogui, Sun Honghe, Zhao Jianyu, Zhang Jie, Liu Guangmin, He Hongju, Tian Shouwei, Yu Yongtao, Gong Guoyi, Zhang Haiying, Zhang Xiaolan, Alseekh Saleh, Fernie Alisdair R, Scheller Henrik V, Xu Yong
Abstract excerpt
How raffinose (Raf) family oligosaccharides, the major translocated sugars in the vascular bundle in cucurbits, are hydrolyzed and subsequently partitioned has not been fully elucidated. By performing reciprocal grafting of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) fruits to branch stems, we observed that Raf was hydrolyzed in the fruit of cultivar watermelons but was backlogged in the fruit of wild ancestor species....
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