ArticleThe Plant cell2013
Cecropia peltata accumulates starch or soluble glycogen by differentially regulating starch biosynthetic genes.
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- Theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the biosynthesis of starch granules in a physiological context.Photosynthesis research · 2020Article
- Ant-plant sociometry in the Azteca-Cecropia mutualism.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Lafora disease - from pathogenesis to treatment strategies.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2018Review
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- Pathogenesis of Lafora Disease: Transition of Soluble Glycogen to Insoluble Polyglucosan.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Review
- Soluble Starch Synthase III-1 in Amylopectin Metabolism of Banana Fruit: Characterization, Expression, Enzyme Activity, and Functional Analyses.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Genetic Evidence That Chain Length and Branch Point Distributions Are Linked Determinants of Starch Granule Formation in Arabidopsis.Plant physiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
The branched glucans glycogen and starch are the most widespread storage carbohydrates in living organisms. The production of semicrystalline starch granules in plants is more complex than that of small, soluble glycogen particles in microbes and animals. However, the factors determining whether glycogen or starch is formed are not fully understood. The tropical tree Cecropia peltata is a rare example of an organism able to make either polymer type. Electron micrographs and quantitative measurements show that glycogen accumulates to very high levels in specialized myrmecophytic structures (Müllerian bodies), whereas starch accumulates in leaves. Compared with polymers comprising leaf starch, glycogen is more highly branched and has shorter branches--factors that prevent crystallization and explain its solubility. RNA sequencing and quantitative shotgun proteomics reveal that isoforms of all three classes of glucan biosynthetic enzyme (starch/glycogen synthases, branching enzymes, and debranching enzymes) are differentially expressed in Müllerian bodies and leaves, providing a system-wide view of the quantitative programming of storage carbohydrate metabolism. This work will prompt targeted analysis in model organisms and cross-species comparisons. Finally, as starch is the major carbohydrate used for food and industrial applications worldwide, these data provide a basis for manipulating starch biosynthesis in crops to synthesize tailor-made polyglucans.
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