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The Arabidopsis sex1 mutant is defective in the R1 protein, a general regulator of starch degradation in plants, and not in the chloroplast hexose transporter.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2001
Yu T S, Kofler H, Häusler R E, Hille D, Flügge U I, Zeeman S C, Smith A M, Kossmann J, Lloyd J, Ritte G, Steup M, Lue W L, Chen J, Weber A
Abstract excerpt
Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in higher plants and of considerable importance for the human diet and for numerous technical applications. In addition, starch can be accumulated transiently in chloroplasts as a temporary deposit of carbohydrates during ongoing photosynthesis. This transitory starch has to be mobilized during the subsequent dark period. Mutants defective in starch mobilization are...
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