Different isoforms of starch-synthesizing enzymes controlling amylose and amylopectin content in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1697-1706

  Pandey, Manish K ^a,b   Rani, N Shobha ^a   Madhav, M Sheshu ^a   Sundaram, R M ^a   Varaprasad, G S ^a   Sivaranjani, A K P ^a   Bohra, Abhishek ^b   Kumar, G Ram ^a   Kumar, Anirudh ^a  

^a DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AGPase; Amylose content; Gelatinization temperature; Starch branching enzyme; Starch debranching enzyme; Starch synthases; Starch synthesizing enzymes

Indexed keywords

AGPASE; AMYLOSE CONTENT; DEBRANCHING; GELATINIZATION TEMPERATURE; STARCH-BRANCHING ENZYMES; SYNTHASES;

AMYLOPECTINS; CHAIN LENGTH; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ENZYMES; GELATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ALLELE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMER; RICE; STARCH; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; RICE;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOENZYMES; ORYZA SATIVA; SEEDS;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84867692100     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.08.011     Document Type: Review

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