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ArticlePloS one2016

The Maltase Involved in Starch Metabolism in Barley Endosperm Is Encoded by a Single Gene.

Vasilios M E Andriotis, Gerhard Saalbach, Robbie Waugh, Robert A Field, Alison M Smith

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vasilios M E AndriotisJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Gerhard SaalbachJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Robbie WaughJames Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, United Kingdom.
Robert A FieldJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Alison M SmithJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Norwich Research Park · GBJames Hutton Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I017291/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004561/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/J/000C0618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During germination and early seedling growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare), maltase is responsible for the conversion of maltose produced by starch degradation in the endosperm to glucose for seedling growth. Despite the potential relevance of this enzyme for malting and the production of alcoholic beverages, neither the nature nor the role of maltase is fully understood. Although only one gene encoding maltase has been identified with certainty, there is evidence for the existence of other genes and for multiple forms of the enzyme. It has been proposed that maltase may be involved directly in starch granule degradation as well as in maltose hydrolysis. The aim of our work was to discover the nature of maltase in barley endosperm. We used ion exchange chromatography to fractionate maltase activity from endosperm of young seedlings, and we partially purified activity for protein identification. We compared maltase activity in wild-type barley and transgenic lines with reduced expression of the previously-characterised maltase gene Agl97, and we used genomic and transcriptomic information to search for further maltase genes. We show that all of the maltase activity in the barley endosperm can be accounted for by a single gene, Agl97. Multiple forms of the enzyme most likely arise from proteolysis and other post-translational modifications.

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alpha-GlucosidasesAmino Acid SequenceEndospermGenes, PlantGerminationHordeumMolecular Sequence DataPlant ProteinsSeedlingsSequence AlignmentStarchalpha-GlucosidasesPlant ProteinsStarch

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PMID27011041
PMCPMC4807107
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