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Postharvest Biology and Technology of Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers

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BIOCHEMISTRY OF FRUITS 29<br />

Maltose<br />

β-Amylase<br />

α-Glucosidase<br />

Starch<br />

Glucose<br />

α-Amylase<br />

Starch phosphorylase<br />

Glucose-1-phosphate<br />

Glucose-6-phosphate<br />

Glucose phosphate mutase<br />

Glycolysis<br />

Chloroplast<br />

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate<br />

Cytoplasm<br />

Fructose-1,6,-diphosphate<br />

Fructose bisphosphatase<br />

Phosphfructophosphotransferase<br />

Fructose-6-phosphate<br />

Glucose-6-phosphate<br />

Glucose-1-phosphate<br />

UTP<br />

Uridine diphosphate glucose<br />

Sucrose<br />

phosphorylase<br />

Sucrose-6-phosphate<br />

Sucrose<br />

Glucose<br />

Sucrose phosphatase<br />

Invertase Fructose<br />

Fig. 3.2 Starch–sugar interconversions in plants <strong>and</strong> metabolite transfer from chloroplast to the cytoplasm.<br />

pyrophosphorylase in the presence <strong>of</strong> UTP (uridine triphosphate). UDP-glucose is also an<br />

important substrate for the biosynthesis <strong>of</strong> cell wall components such as cellulose. UDPglucose<br />

is converted to sucrose-6-phosphate by the enzyme sucrose phosphate synthase,<br />

which utilizes fructose-6-phosphate during this reaction. Finally, sucrose is formed from<br />

sucrose-6-phosphate by the action <strong>of</strong> phosphatase with the liberation <strong>of</strong> the inorganic phosphate.<br />

Even though sucrose biosynthesis is an integral part <strong>of</strong> starch metabolism, sucrose <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

is not the predominant sugar that accumulates in fruits. Sucrose is further converted into<br />

glucose <strong>and</strong> fructose by the action <strong>of</strong> invertase, which is characteristic to many ripe fruits.

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