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Arabidopsis mutants Atisa1 and Atisa2 have identical phenotypes and lack the same multimeric isoamylase, which influences the branch point distribution of amylopectin during starch synthesis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2005
Delatte Thierry, Trevisan Martine, Parker Mary L, Zeeman Samuel C
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this work was to evaluate the function of isoamylase in starch granule biosynthesis in Arabidopsis leaves. A reverse-genetic approach was used to knockout AtISA1, one of three genes in Arabidopsis encoding isoamylase-type debranching enzymes. The mutant (Atisa1-1) lacks functional AtISA1 transcript and the major isoamylase activity (detected by native gels) in crude extracts of leaves. The same...
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