A critical role for disproportionating enzyme in starch breakdown is revealed by a knock-out mutation in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-100

  Critchley, Joanna H ^a   Zeeman, Samuel C ^b   Takaha, Takeshi ^c   Smith, Alison M ^b   Smith, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c EZAKI GLICO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Disproportionating enzyme; Malto oligosaccharides; Mutant; Starch metabolism

Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 1,4 GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DEGRADATION; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENE MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLASTID; STARCH; WILD RELATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE ENCODING;

STARCH;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALTOSE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; STARCH;

EID: 0034997496     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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