Specificity of starch synthase isoforms from potato

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 724-736

  Edwards, Anne ^a   Borthakur, Alip ^a   Bornemann, Stephen ^a   Venail, Julien ^a   Denyer, Kay ^a   Waite, Darren ^a   Fulton, Dan ^a   Smith, Alison ^a   Martin, Cathie ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; Starch synthase

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; GLUCAN; ISOENZYME; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOPECTIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRIC ACID; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOLUBILITY; STARCH SYNTHASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033572794     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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