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Table 2 Activity of Smirnoff Pathway Enzymes in Courgette Vascular Exudate and Tissue

From:Synthesis ofL-ascorbic acid in the phloem

Activitya Phloem Tissue
HK (D-Glc) 23.0 ± 1.73 22.5 ± 2.89
HK (D-Frc) 29.7 ± 1.33 24.8 ± 3.58
HK (D-Man) 4.0 ± 0.40 4.0 ± 0.58
PGI 1861.3 ± 15.18 1194.7 ± 173.38
PMI 94.2 ± 5.20 N.D.b
PMM 1.5 ± 0.11 N.D.b
GDPM PPase 22.8 ± 1.56 N.D.b
GDPM-3,5-epimerase 0.07 ± 0.012 0.12 ± 0.017
GDP-L-gal PPPase 0.012 + 0.002 0.010 ± 0.002
L-GalDH 28.0 ± 0.46 7.0 ± 1.27
L-GalLDH N.D.b 1.98 ± 0.18
  1. aActivity is expressed in nmol min-1gFW-1of tissue ± S.E., n = 3bN.D. = Activity not detected Courgette fruit exudate or tissue was prepared and desalted as described in the text. Enzymes listed are: HK, hexokinase (E.C. 2.7.1.1) withD葡萄糖(D-Glc),D-fructose (D-Frc) orD-mannose (D-Man) as substrate; PGI, phosphoglucose isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.9); PMI, phosphomannose isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.8); PMM, phosphomannose mutase (E.C. 5.4.2.8); GDPM PPase, GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase (E.C. 2.7.7.22); GDPM-3,5-epimerase, GDP-D-mannose-3,5-epimerase (E.C. 5.1.3.18); GDP-L-gal PPPase, GDP-L-galactose pyrophosphatase;L-GalDH,L半乳糖dehydrogenase;L-GalLDH,L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.3.2.3). Where no E.C. numbers are supplied they have yet to be assigned.