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POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111648
Keywords
Banana fruit; Postharvest quality; Ripening; Starch-sugar transformation; Ethylene
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972116]
- Innovation Team Project of Universities in Guangdong Province [2018GKCXTD005]
- Guangdong Special Support Program [2017TQ04N512]
- China Agriculture Research System [CARS-31-11]
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During banana ripening, the gradual decrease in starch content and the increase in soluble sugars are mediated by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. The ethylene signaling component MaEIL2 positively modulates starch breakdown by promoting the transcription of starch degradation enzyme genes like MaAMY3, MaISA2, and MaISA3.
Starch is the major reserve carbohydrate in nature, which possesses nutritional property and industrial applications. Starch degradation is an important contributor to softening and sweetening of banana fruit, but more details in this process are not fully understood. In this study, the contents of total starch, amylose and amylopectin were gradually decreased during banana fruit ripening, which is in parallel with the increased levels of total soluble sugars. Particularly, reduced sizes and elongated shapes of starch granules, as well as decreased crystallinity were observed as ripening proceeds, which is largely due to the digestion of starch degradation enzymes such as amylase and isoamylase. Importantly, an ethylene signaling component MaEIL2 bound to the promoters of amylase and isoamylase encoding genes MaAMY3, MaISA2 and MaISA3, and stimulated their transcription. Overall, these findings reveal that starch-sugar transformation during banana ripening is mediated by enzymatic hydrolysis, and that ethylene signaling component MaEIL2 positively modulates starch breakdown via trans-activation of MaAMY3, MaISA2 and MaISA3.
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