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ArticlePlant physiology2015

Molecular Genetic Analysis of Glucan Branching Enzymes from Plants and Bacteria in Arabidopsis Reveals Marked Differences in Their Functions and Capacity to Mediate Starch Granule Formation.

Kuan-Jen Lu, Sebastian Streb, Florence Meier, Barbara Pfister, Samuel C Zeeman

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Article in Plant physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Distribution of glucan-branching enzymes among prokaryotes.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2016
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  9. Formation of starch in plant cells.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2016
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuan-Jen LuDepartment of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Sebastian StrebDepartment of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9095-6596
Florence MeierDepartment of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Barbara PfisterDepartment of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Samuel C ZeemanDepartment of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland szeeman@ethz.ch.
ETH Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major component of starch is the branched glucan amylopectin, the branching pattern of which is one of the key factors determining its ability to form semicrystalline starch granules. Here, we investigated the functions of different branching enzyme (BE) types by expressing proteins from maize (Zea mays BE2a), potato (Solanum tuberosum BE1), and Escherichia coli (glycogen BE [EcGLGB]) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant plants that are deficient in their endogenous BEs and therefore, cannot make starch. The expression of each of these three BE types restored starch biosynthesis to differing degrees. Full complementation was achieved using the class II BE ZmBE2a, which is most similar to the two endogenous Arabidopsis isoforms. Expression of the class I BE from potato, StBE1, resulted in partial complementation and high amylose starch. Expression of the glycogen BE EcGLGB restored only minimal amounts of starch production, which had unusual chain length distribution, branch point distribution, and granule morphology. Nevertheless, each type of BE together with the starch synthases and debranching enyzmes were able to create crystallization-competent amylopectin polymers. These data add to the knowledge of how the properties of the BE influence the final composition of starch and fine structure of amylopectin.

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ArabidopsisEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlucansPlants, Genetically ModifiedSolanum tuberosumSpecies SpecificityStarchZea maysEscherichia coli ProteinsGlucansStarch

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PMID26358415
PMCPMC4634060
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