Starch phosphorylation: insights and perspectives

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2753-2764

  Mahlow, Sebastian ^a,b   Orzechowski, Sławomir ^a,c   Fettke, Joerg ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glucan, water dikinase; Phosphoglucan, water dikinase; Starch degradation; Starch metabolism; Starch phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA GLUCAN; GLUCAN; GLUCAN WATER DIKINASE; PHOPHOGLUCAN WATER DIKINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BARLEY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE PHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; MAIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT METABOLISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RICE; WHEAT; ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84965022058     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2248-4     Document Type: Review

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