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Disruption of Brachypodium lichenase alters metabolism of mixed-linkage glucan and starch.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2022
Fan Mingzhu, Jensen Jacob K, Zemelis-Durfee Starla, Kim Sang-Jin, Chan Jia-Yi, Beaudry Claudia M, Brandizzi Federica, Wilkerson Curtis G
Abstract excerpt
Mixed-linkage glucan, which is widely distributed in grasses, is a polysaccharide highly abundant in cell walls of grass endosperm and young vegetative tissues. Lichenases are enzymes that hydrolyze mixed-linkage glucan first identified in mixed-linkage glucan-rich lichens. In this study, we identify a gene encoding a lichenase we name Brachypodium distachyon LICHENASE 1 (BdLCH1), which is highly expressed in the...
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