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STA11, a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii locus required for normal starch granule biogenesis, encodes disproportionating enzyme. Further evidence for a function of alpha-1,4 glucanotransferases during starch granule biosynthesis in green algae.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2003
Wattebled Fabrice, Ral Jean-Philippe, Dauvillée David, Myers Alan M, James Martha G, Schlichting Ralf, Giersch Christoph, Ball Steven G, D'Hulst Christophe
Abstract excerpt
In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the presence of a defective STA11 locus results in significantly reduced granular starch deposition displaying major modifications in shape and structure. This defect simultaneously leads to the accumulation of linear malto-oligosaccharides (MOS). The mutants of STA11 were showed to lack D-enzyme, a plant alpha-1,4 glucanotransferase analogous to the Escherichia coli amylomaltase. We...
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