Sugar accumulation

Polyols are present in desiccation tolerant lichens and liverworts, although not in mosses (Lewis, 1984). More generally starch hydrolysis and sugar accumulation occur in many plants experiencing severe water deficits (Hsiao, 1973). It is tempting to speculate that the accumulation of low molecular weight solutes in reponse to water stress represents a mechanism for the protection of membranes and proteins in the dry state. 

M. Greger and S. Lindberg, Effects of Cd and EDTA on young sugar beets (Beta vulgaris). 1. Cd uptake and sugar accumulation. Physiol. Plant 66 69 (1986). 

In the last three diseases, phosphorylated sugars accumulate, decreasing the available Pi and increasing AMP (which cannot be phosphoiTdated to ADP and ATP), The excess AMP is converted to uric acid. 

Endogenous energy sources for sugar accumulation by starved cells of Streptococcus lactis. J. BacterioL 130, 583-595. 

Lloyd JC, Zakhleniuk OV. 2004. Responses of primary and secondary metabolism to sugar accumulation revealed by microarray expression analysis of the Arabidopsis mutant, pho3. J Exp Bot 55 1221-1230. 

The present study investigated the inhibition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the liquid hydrolysate and the kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of the solid components produced by the pretreatment of aspen wood and corn stover by liquid hot water and hot carbonic acid. Inhibition of yeast was determined by measuring the rate of glucose consumption by yeast growing in hydrolysates produced at various reaction severities. The enzymatic hydrolysis rates of pretreated solids was determined by measuring rates of sugar accumulation of enzyme-digested pretreated solids. 

Tattersall, D.B., van Heeswijck, R., Hpj, RB. (1997). Identification and characterisation of a fruit-specific, thaumatin-like protein that accumulates at very high levels in conjunction with the onset of sugar accumulation and berry softening in grapes. Plant Physiol, 114, 759-769... 

The sugar beet plants reach maturity normally in the fall (October and November in northern latitudes). It has been estabhshed that the sugar accumulation in beets peaks in October and because sugar decomposition as a result of respiration occurs during subsequent storage of beets, they are rapidly harvested and processed from the middle to the end of September. Therefore, the manufacture of beet sugar is very much a seasonal operation. 

Individuals with a glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-P —> Glucose, in the liver) deficiency develop a glycogen storage disease. This condition results in hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, accumulation of lactic acid and ketones. Distal kidney tubule excretion of uric acid is inhibited and hyperuricemia (XS uric acid) and gout results. 

Kim, S. M.A. Berhow J. Kim H. Chi S. Lee I. Chung. Evaluation of soyasaponin, isoflavone, protein, lipid, and free sugar accumulation in developing soybean seeds. /. Agric. Food Chem. 

Children with metabolic diseases lack critical enzymes to utilize complex sugars in various cells. As the sugars accumulate in vital organs, cells become damaged and die. Children receiving stem cell therapy seem to recover liver, heart, and brain function rapidly. How do you prove that the stem cells are taking the place of native cells ... 

Sugar accumulation Cu-ethylenediamine Ethylene, ethephon MBTA-HCl Phospholipids Trinexapac-ethyl... 

The mechanism of action of insulin is discussed below. Insulin deficiency interferes with the adequate utilization of glucose. The sugar accumulates in the blood, and hyperglycemia, glucosuria, dehydration, increased diuresis, loss of electrolytes, and polydypsia ensue. By a mechanism that may or may not be related to the primary defect in carbohydrate metabolism observed in diabetes, fatty acid metabolism is also affected. A critical phenomenon is the accumulation of 2-carbon compounds that condense to form 4-car-bon compounds, generating ketosis and acidosis. These symptoms will now be reviewed individually. 

When grape plants were sprayed with vanadium sulphate at the time of massive flowering and with grapes about the size of peas, AA concentration in leaves and berries increased appreciably Sugars accumulated in greater con centrations, ripening was accelerated and yield was increased ... 

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