Plant scientists have discovered a specific protein that significantly influences the formation of starch in plant cells. The findings may be useful in the food and packaging industries, they say.
The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world. A mano is a hand-held stone ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract STARCH SYNTHASE4 (SS4) is required for proper starch granule initiation in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), although SS3 can partially ...
The granule-bound starch-synthases from normal and waxy maize kernels have been solubilized, partially purified, and characterized. Two broad categories of starch synthases were revealed with ...
Starch, the primary form of carbohydrate storage in plants, is of vital importance to humankind as a major source of calories in our diets. Yet, we still do not fully understand how plants make starch ...
Literature reference Seung D, Soyk S, Coiro M, Maier BA, Eicke S, Zeeman SC: Protein Targeting to Starch is Required for Localising Granule-Bound Starch Synthase to Starch Granules and for Normal ...
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