Cell wall dynamics during apple development and storage involves hemicellulose modifications and related expressed genes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fruit quality depends on a series of biochemical events that modify appearance, flavour and texture throughout fruit development and ripening. Cell wall polysaccharide remodelling largely contributes to the elaboration of fleshy fruit texture. Although several genes and enzymes involved in cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis and modifications are known, their coordinated activity in these processes is yet to be discovered.

Results

Combined transcriptomic and biochemical analyses allowed the identification of putative enzymes and related annotated members of gene families involved in cell wall polysaccharide composition and structural changes during apple fruit growth and ripening. The early development genes were mainly related to cell wall biosynthesis and degr

SUBMITTER: Dheilly E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024441 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature