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Starch phosphorylation: insights and perspectives.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Jul 2016
Mahlow Sebastian, Orzechowski Sławomir, Fettke Joerg
Abstract excerpt
During starch metabolism, the phosphorylation of glucosyl residues of starch, to be more precise of amylopectin, is a repeatedly observed process. This phosphorylation is mediated by dikinases, the glucan, water dikinase (GWD) and the phosphoglucan, water dikinase (PWD). The starch-related dikinases utilize ATP as dual phosphate donor transferring the terminal γ-phosphate group to water and the β-phosphate group...
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