Formation of starch in plant cells

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2781-2807

  Pfister, Barbara ^a   Zeeman, Samuel C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; Arabidopsis thaliana; Protein complex formation; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GRANULE BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE; ISOAMYLASE; PHOSPHORYLASE; STARCH; STARCH BINDING PROTEIN; STARCH SYNTHASE; STARCH SYNTHASE I; STARCH SYNTHASE II; STARCH SYNTHASE III; STARCH SYNTHASE IV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ENZYMES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT CELLS; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84966710390     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2250-x     Document Type: Review

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