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Biology And Molecular Biology Of Starch Synthesis And Its Regulation
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Starch is the major reserve carbohydrate of most higher plants and is found as a water-insoluble granule which can vary in size and shape depending on its plant source and on the maturity or stage of development of the plant at the time of isolation of the starch granule. The granule usually contains two different polysaccharides, amylase and amylopectin. Usually, amylopectin constitutes about 65 to 75% of the polysaccharide component of the starch granule. Amylase is mainly found as a linear chain of a-(1-4)-linked a-O-glucopyranosyl residues of about 1000 units long. There are some molecules found in the amylase fraction that are branched to a very small extent {1-6 a-O gluco-pyranose; one per 1,000 glucosyl units). In contrast, amylopectin is more highly branched with about 4 to 5% of the glucosidic linkages being a-1-6.
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- Preiss, J.
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- Oxford Surveys Of Plant Molecular And Cell Biology
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- Oxford University PressOxford
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- 1991-10-24
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