Redesigning Crop Products for Biotechnology: Starch and Fructan
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Introduction The biosynthetic reactions of starch synthesis There is strong evidence to indicate that the ADPglucose (ADPGlc) pathway, consisting of the enzymatic reactions catalysed respectively by ADPGlc synthetase (or ADPGlc pyrophosphorylase, EC 2.7.7.27; reaction l), starch synthase (EC 2.4.1.21; reaction 2) and branching enzyme (EC 2.4.1.18; reaction 3), is the predominant if not the sole pathway towards starch synthesis in leaf as well as in non-photosynthetic tissue such as endosperm or tubers.
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