A novel isoform of glucan, water dikinase phosphorylates pre-phosphorylated α-glucans and is involved in starch degradation in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 595-605

  Baunsgaard, Lone ^a   Lütken, Henrik ^a   Mikkelsen, René ^a   Glaring, Mikkel A ^a   Pham, Tam T ^a   Blennow, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtGWD3; Dikinase; Starch degradation; Starch phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STARCH;

DIURNAL CYCLES; GENE ENCODING; GLUCAN; ISOFORMS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALPHA GLUCAN, WATER DIKINASE, ARABIDOPSIS; ALPHA-GLUCAN, WATER DIKINASE, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUCAN; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PAIRED ACCEPTORS); PLANT LEAVES; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; POTATO STARCH; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 14644418552     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02322.x     Document Type: Article

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