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Sucrose synthase activity in the sus1/sus2/sus3/sus4 Arabidopsis mutant is sufficient to support normal cellulose and starch production.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Jan 2012
Baroja-Fernández Edurne, Muñoz Francisco José, Li Jun, Bahaji Abdellatif, Almagro Goizeder, Montero Manuel, Etxeberria Ed, Hidalgo Maite, Sesma María Teresa, Pozueta-Romero Javier
Abstract excerpt
Sucrose synthase (SUS) catalyzes the reversible conversion of sucrose and a nucleoside diphosphate into the corresponding nucleoside diphosphate-glucose and fructose. In Arabidopsis, a multigene family encodes six SUS (SUS1-6) isoforms. The involvement of SUS in the synthesis of UDP-glucose and ADP-glucose linked to Arabidopsis cellulose and starch biosynthesis, respectively, has been questioned by Barratt et al....
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