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The legwd mutant uncovers the role of starch phosphorylation in pollen development and germination in tomato.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2009
Nashilevitz Shai, Melamed-Bessudo Cathy, Aharoni Asaph, Kossmann Jens, Wolf Shmuel, Levy Avraham A
Abstract excerpt
Starches extracted from most plant species are phosphorylated. alpha-Glucan water dikinase (GWD) is a key enzyme that controls the phosphate content of starch. In the absence of its activity starch degradation is impaired, leading to a starch excess phenotype in Arabidopsis and in potato leaves, and to reduced cold sweetening in potato tubers. Here, we characterized a transposon insertion (legwd::Ds) in the...
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