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Homologs of PROTEIN TARGETING TO STARCH Control Starch Granule Initiation in Arabidopsis Leaves.
The Plant cell - 1 Jul 2017
Seung David, Boudet Julien, Monroe Jonathan, Schreier Tina B, David Laure C, Abt Melanie, Lu Kuan-Jen, Zanella Martina, Zeeman Samuel C
Abstract excerpt
The molecular mechanism that initiates the synthesis of starch granules is poorly understood. Here, we discovered two plastidial proteins involved in granule initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Both contain coiled coils and a family-48 carbohydrate binding module (CBM48) and are homologs of the PROTEIN TARGETING TO STARCH (PTST) protein; thus, we named them PTST2 and PTST3. Chloroplasts in mesophyll cells...
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