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ReviewMolecular biology reports2021

Regulation of β-amylase synthesis: a brief overview.

Moupriya Nag, Dibyajit Lahiri, Sayantani Garai, Dipro Mukherjee, Rina Rani Ray

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Review in Molecular biology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Moupriya Nag *Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India.
Dibyajit Lahiri *Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India.
Sayantani GaraiDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India.
Dipro MukherjeeDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India.
Rina Rani RayDepartment of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Haringhata, West Bengal, India. raypumicro@gmail.com.
University of Engineering & Management · INMaulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe major activity of β-amylase (BMY) is the production of maltose by the hydrolytic degradation of starch. BMY is found to be produced by some plants and few microorganisms only. The industrial importance of the enzyme warrants its application in a larger scale with the help of genetic engineering, for which the regulatory mechanism is to be clearly understood. RESULTS AND

conclusionIn plants, the activities of BMY are regulated by various environmental stimuli including stress of drought, cold and heat. In vascular plant, Arabidopsis sp. the enzyme is coded by nine BAM genes, whereas in most bacteria, BMY enzymes are coded by the spoII gene family. The activities of these genes are in turn controlled by various compounds. Production and inhibition of the microbial BMY is regulated by the activation and inactivation of various BAM genes. Various types of transcriptional regulators associated with the plant- BMYs regulate the production of BMY enzyme. The enhancement in the expression of such genes reflects evolutionary significance. Bacterial genes, on the other hand, as exemplified by Bacillus sp and Clostridium sp, clearly depict the importance of a single regulatory gene, the absence or mutation of which totally abolishes the BMY activity.

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ArabidopsisBacillus cereusBacterial Proteinsbeta-AmylaseCatalytic DomainClostridiumGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, PlantMaltoseMetabolic EngineeringPlant ProteinsProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Conformation, beta-StrandStarchStress, PhysiologicalBacterial Proteinsbeta-AmylaseMaltosePlant ProteinsStarchBacteriaBMYBMY genesGeneticPlantsRegulation

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PMID34379288
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