ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2020
Spatial regulation of alpha-galactosidase activity and its influence on raffinose family oligosaccharides during seed maturation and germination in
Article in Plant signaling & behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- ZmAGA1 enhances seed germination through raffinose hydrolysis and ZmSnRK1α-mediated starch mobilization in maize.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Genetic dissection of protein content in cowpea using custom-made NIRS equations and GWAS as a model for nutritional breeding and undergraduate research training.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Integrated Physiological, Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses Provide Insights into the Adaptive Mechanism ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Genetic and transcriptomic analysis of lentil seed imbibition and dormancy in relation to its domestication.The plant genome · 2025Article
- Indole-3-Butyric Acid Enhances Root Formation and Alleviates Low-Temperature Stress in Sugarcane: Molecular Insights and Identification of Candidate Genes.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Improving Soybean Seed Sucrose Content using TILLING by Sequencing Analyses of The Soybean Sucrose Synthase Gene Family.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- OsAPSE modulates non-covalent interactions between arabinogalactan proteinFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Transcriptome analysis reveals biosynthesis and regulation of flavonoid in common bean seeds during grain filling.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Biodegradation of sugarcane bagasse biomass using recombinant alpha-galactosidase overexpressing whole-cell3 Biotech · 2024Article
- Virus-InducedPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Xylooligosaccharides Enhance Lettuce Root Morphogenesis and Growth Dynamics.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Jasmonates and Ethylene Shape Floridoside Synthesis during Carposporogenesis in the Red SeaweedMarine drugs · 2024Article
- Phytochemical Profile and Composition of Chickpea (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Article
- Article
- Bioactive Nutrient Retention during Thermal-Assisted Hydration of Lupins.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Optimizing raffinose family oligosaccharides content in plants: A tightrope walk.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs): role in seed vigor and longevity.Bioscience reports · 2022Review
- Changes in the raffinose family oligosaccharides content in the lentil and common bean seeds during malting and mashing processes.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Dynamic RNA-Seq Study Reveals the Potential Regulators of Seed Germination inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Alpha-galactosides or Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides (RFOs) are enriched in legumes and are considered as anti-nutritional factors responsible for inducing flatulence. Due to a lack of alpha-galactosidases in the stomachs of humans and other monogastric animals, these RFOs are not metabolized and are passed to the intestines to be processed by gut bacteria leading to distressing flatulence. In plants, alpha(α)-galactosides are involved in desiccation tolerance during seed maturation and act as a source of stored energy utilized by germinating seeds. The hydrolytic enzyme alpha-galactosidase (α-GAL) can break down RFOs into sucrose and galactose releasing the monosaccharide α-galactose back into the system. Through characterization of RFOs, sucrose, reducing sugars, and α-GAL activity in maturing and germinating chickpeas, we show that stored RFOs are likely required to maintain a steady-state level of reducing sugars. These reducing sugars can then be readily converted to generate energy required for the high energy-demanding germination process. Our observations indicate that RFO levels are lowest in imbibed seeds and rapidly increase post-imbibition. Both RFOs and the α-GAL activity are possibly required to maintain a steady-state level of the reducing monosaccharide sugars, starting from dry seeds all the way through post-germination, to provide the energy for increased germination vigor.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.