ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a regulatory enzyme for bacterial glycogen synthesis

MA Ballicora, AA Iglesias, J Preiss - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The accumulation of α-1, 4-polyglucans is an important strategy to cope with
transient starvation conditions in the environment. In bacteria and plants, the synthesis of …

Visualization of differential gene expression using a novel method of RNA fingerprinting based on AFLP: analysis of gene expression during potato tuber development

CWB Bachem, RS Van Der Hoeven… - The plant …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Using a highly synchronous in vitro tuberization system, in combination with an amplified
restriction fragment polymorphism (AFLP†)‐derived technique for RNA fingerprinting (cDNA …

Regulation of the amount of starch in plant tissues by ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase

DM Stark, KP Timmerman, GF Barry, J Preiss… - Science, 1992 - science.org
Starch, a major storage metabolite in plants, positively affects the agricultural yield of a
number of crops. Its biosynthetic reactions use adenosine diphosphate glucose (ADPGlc) as …

Differential induction and suppression of potato 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase genes in response to Phytophthora infestans and to its elicitor …

D Choi, BL Ward, RM Bostock - The Plant Cell, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Induction of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) is essential
for the biosynthesis of sesquiterpenoid phytoalexins and steroid derivatives in Solanaceous …

Identification of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase isoforms essential for starch synthesis in the leaf and seed endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

SK Lee, SK Hwang, M Han, JS Eom, HG Kang… - Plant Molecular …, 2007 - Springer
ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGP) catalyzes the first committed step of starch
biosynthesis in higher plants. To identify AGP isoforms essential for this biosynthetic process …

ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in shrunken-2 and brittle-2 mutants of maize

MJ Giroux, LC Hannah - Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 1994 - Springer
Abstract The Shrunken-2 (Sh2) and Brittle-2 (Bt2) genes of maize encode subunits of the
tetrameric maize endosperm ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase. However in all sh2 and bt2 …

Crystal structure of potato tuber ADP‐glucose pyrophosphorylase

X Jin, MA Ballicora, J Preiss, JH Geiger - The EMBO journal, 2005 - embopress.org
ADP‐glucose pyrophosphorylase catalyzes the first committed and rate‐limiting step in
starch biosynthesis in plants and glycogen biosynthesis in bacteria. It is the enzymatic site …

Physical association of starch biosynthetic enzymes with starch granules of maize endosperm (granule-associated forms of starch synthase I and starch branching …

C Mu-Forster, R Huang, JR Powers… - Plant …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Antibodies were used to probe the degree of association of starch biosynthetic enzymes with
starch granules isolated from maize (Zea mays) endosperm. Graded washings of the starch …

Mechanism of reductive activation of potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

Y Fu, MA Ballicora, JF Leykam, J Preiss - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1998 - ASBMB
The potato tuber (Solanum tuberosumL.) ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity is
activated by a incubation with ADP-glucose and dithiothreitol or by ATP, glucose-1 …

Adenosine 5 [prime]-diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase from potato tuber (significance of the N terminus of the small subunit for catalytic properties and heat …

MA Ballicora, MJ Laughlin, Y Fu, TW Okita… - Plant …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Abstract cDNAs encoding the large subunit and a possibly truncated small subunit of the
potato tuber (Solanum tuberosum L.) adenosine 5 [prime]-diphosphate-glucose …