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Organic acid and sugar metabolism in tomato fruit

Reference	P09495
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Richard Leegood
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Julie Gray, Dr Robert Walker
Institution	University of Sheffield
Department	Animal and Plant Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	172,087
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	21/10/1998
End date	21/10/2001
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of this work is to study the mechanisms that regulate the interconversion of sugars and organic acids in tomato fruit, in particular the role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK), (i) by asking how the enzymes involved in organic acid and sugar metabolism, and particularly gluconeogenesis, change during fruit development and ripening and what the extent of gluconeogenesis is in different varieties of tomato (ii) by asking where these enzymes are located in the tomato fruit at these different stages of development (iii) by assessing the importance of gluconeogenesis in the metabolism of organic acids and provision of sugars during development in tomato fruits transformed in respect of PCK.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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