Soluble starch synthases characterization

Additional characterization of the two major soluble starch synthases in maize endosperm indicated distinct catalytic properties.402 Soluble starch synthase II has been reported to be encoded by the du gene.397 the initially observed reduction in BEIIa is a secondary effect and may be related to protein-to-protein interactions. 

A C. reinhardtii mutant lacking D-enzyme activity has been characterized and has been shown to have significantly lower levels of starch. Other enzymes involved in starch metabolism such as ADP-Glc PPase, granule-bound and soluble starch synthase, BE, phosphorylase, a-glucosidase, amylases, and debranching enzyme activities were not affected. The starch content in the mutant was about 6-13% of wild type and there was an excessive accumulation of maltooligosaccharides up to a polymer size of 16 glucose units. 

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