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Phosphorylation of transitory starch by α-glucan, water dikinase during starch turnover affects the surface properties and morphology of starch granules.
The New phytologist - 1 Jul 2014
Mahlow Sebastian, Hejazi Mahdi, Kuhnert Franziska, Garz Andreas, Brust Henrike, Baumann Otto, Fettke Joerg
Abstract excerpt
Glucan, water dikinase (GWD) is a key enzyme of starch metabolism but the physico-chemical properties of starches isolated from GWD-deficient plants and their implications for starch metabolism have so far not been described. Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants with reduced or no GWD activity...
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