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Metabolic and photosynthetic consequences of blocking starch biosynthesis in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii sta6 mutant.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2015
Krishnan Anagha, Kumaraswamy G Kenchappa, Vinyard David J, Gu Huiya, Ananyev Gennady, Posewitz Matthew C, Dismukes G Charles
Abstract excerpt
Upon nutrient deprivation, microalgae partition photosynthate into starch and lipids at the expense of protein synthesis and growth. We investigated the role of starch biosynthesis with respect to photosynthetic growth and carbon partitioning in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii starchless mutant, sta6, which lacks ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. This mutant is unable to convert glucose-1-phosphate to ADP-glucose, the...
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