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Antisense inhibition of isoamylase alters the structure of amylopectin and the physicochemical properties of starch in rice endosperm.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Jun 2003
Fujita Naoko, Kubo Akiko, Suh Dong-Soon, Wong Kit-Sum, Jane Jay-Lin, Ozawa Kenjiro, Takaiwa Fumio, Inaba Yumiko, Nakamura Yasunori
Abstract excerpt
This is the first report on regulation of the isoamylase1 gene to modify the structure of amylopectin and properties of starch by using antisense technology in plants. The reduction of isoamylase1 protein by about 94% in rice endosperm changed amylopectin into a water-insoluble modified amylopectin and a water-soluble polyglucan (WSP). As compared with wild-type amylopectin, the modified amylopectin had more...
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