biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 51:530-532, 2007 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0114-9

Changes in free polyamines and gene expression during peach flower development

J. H. Liu1,*, T. Moriguchi2
1 National Centre of Crop Molecular Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China
2 National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Free polyamine contents and expressions of five genes encoding for polyamine biosynthetic enzymes were investigated at four different stages during peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch cv. Akatsuki) flower development. Fresh mass of peach flowers increased, accompanied by reduction in contents of total polyamines and putrescine/spermidine ratio due to decrease in putrescine content. Spermidine, the largest fraction, and spermine, the least part, underwent minor change. Expressions of the five key genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis during flower development did not parallel the changes in free polyamines.

Keywords: HPLC; Prunus persica; putrescine; spermidine; spermine
Subjects: Prunus persica; putrescin; spermidin, spermin

Received: August 16, 2005; Accepted: May 17, 2006; Published: September 1, 2007  Show citation

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Liu, J.H., & Moriguchi, T. (2007). Changes in free polyamines and gene expression during peach flower development. Biologia plantarum, 51(3), 530-532. doi: 10.1007/s10535-007-0114-9
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