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Development and Growth Regulation

Genetic Variability in Carbon Fixation, Sucrose-P-Synthase and ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Maize Plants of Differing Growth Rate

Laboratoire "Structure et Métabolisme des Plantes," associé au CNRS (UA 1128), Bât. 430, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France

The net photosynthetic rate and the activities of ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase (RubisCo), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, sucrose-P-synthase, and ADP glucose-pyrophosphorylase, key enzymes of the leaf carbohydrate metabolism were compared in eight maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes presenting large differences in growth rate. The sucrose-P-synthase activity varied in the ratio 1 to 3 from the less active to the more active genotype and this variation was highly correlated with those in growth rate. ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase activity was not significantly different from one genotype to another whatever the basis for expression, leaf area, or soluble protein. The photosynthetic rate varied with similar amplitude (1:1) to the RubisCo activity or RubisCo quantity but the correlation with growth rate was highly significant for photosynthesis and nonsignificant for RubisCo or phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. So, in our series of genotypes the sucrose synthesis capacities as expressed by sucrose phosphate synthase activity seem to have a good predicting value for mean growth rate at a young stage.

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