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Mutants of Arabidopsis lacking starch branching enzyme II substitute plastidial starch synthesis by cytoplasmic maltose accumulation.
The Plant cell - 1 Oct 2006
Dumez Sylvain, Wattebled Fabrice, Dauvillee David, Delvalle David, Planchot Véronique, Ball Steven G, D'Hulst Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Three genes, BE1, BE2, and BE3, which potentially encode isoforms of starch branching enzymes, have been found in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Although no impact on starch structure was observed in null be1 mutants, modifications in amylopectin structure analogous to those of other branching enzyme II mutants were detected in be2 and be3. No impact on starch content was found in any of the single mutant...
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