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Most of ADP x glucose linked to starch biosynthesis occurs outside the chloroplast in source leaves.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Aug 2004
Baroja-Fernández Edurne, Muñoz Francisco José, Zandueta-Criado Aitor, Morán-Zorzano María Teresa, Viale Alejandro Miguel, Alonso-Casajús Nora, Pozueta-Romero Javier
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Sucrose and starch are end products of two segregated gluconeogenic pathways, and their production takes place in the cytosol and chloroplast of green leaves, respectively. According to this view, the plastidial ADP.glucose (ADPG) pyrophosphorylase (AGP) is the sole enzyme catalyzing the synthesi...
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