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  • A novel RING finger gene, SbRFP1, increases resistance to cold-induced sweetening of potato tubers.

A novel RING finger gene, SbRFP1, increases resistance to cold-induced sweetening of potato tubers.

FEBS letters (2013-02-12)
Huiling Zhang, Xun Liu, Jun Liu, Yongbin Ou, Yuan Lin, Meng Li, Botao Song, Conghua Xie
PMID23395609
ABSTRACT

The modulation of the activity of enzymes associated with carbohydrate metabolism is important for potato cold-induced sweetening (CIS). A novel RING finger gene SbRFP1 was cloned and its expression was found to be cold-inducible in potato tubers of the CIS-resistant genotypes. Transformation of SbRFP1 in potatoes confirmed its role in inhibiting β-amylase and invertase activity, which consequently slowed down starch and sucrose degradation and the accumulation of reducing sugars in cold stored tubers. These findings strongly suggest that SbRFP1 may function as a negative regulator of BAM1 and StvacINV1 to decelerate the accumulation of reducing sugars in the process of potato CIS.

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