Expression of Escherichia coli glycogen branching enzyme in an Arabidopsis mutant devoid of endogenous starch branching enzymes induces the synthesis of starch-like polyglucans

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1432-1447

  Boyer, Laura ^a   Roussel, Xavier ^a   Courseaux, Adeline ^a   Ndjindji, Ofilia M ^b,c   Lancelon Pin, Christine ^b,c   Putaux, Jean Luc ^b,c   Tetlow, Ian J ^d   Emes, Michael J ^d   Pontoire, Bruno ^e   D' Hulst, Christophe ^a   Wattebled, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; branching enzyme; debranching enzyme; GlgB; glucan

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERB; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; GLUCAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPLASTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84959449842     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12702     Document Type: Article

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