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Diatom Vacuolar 1,6-β-Transglycosylases can Functionally Complement the Respective Yeast Mutants.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jul 2016
Huang Weichao, Río Bártulos Carolina, Kroth Peter G
Abstract excerpt
Diatoms are unicellular photoautotrophic algae, which can be found in any aquatic habitat. The main storage carbohydrate of diatoms is chrysolaminarin, a nonlinear β-glucan, consisting of a linear 1,3-β-chain with 1,6-β-branches, which is stored in cytoplasmic vacuoles. The metabolic pathways of chrysolaminarin synthesis in diatoms are poorly investigated, therefore we studied two potential...
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