Structurally composed of the glucose homopolymers amylose and amylopectin, starch is the
main storage carbohydrate in vascular plants, and is synthesized in the plastids of both …

Starch is one of the most important products synthesized by plants that is used in industrial
processes. If it were possible to increase production or modify starches in vivo, using …

Carbohydrates are the most widely distributed naturally-occurring organic compounds on
Earth. They make up much of our food, clothing and shelter, and are as vital to national …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews nonmutant starch granule composition and
development, and focuses on genetic mutants and how they have been useful in …

Plastids of nongreen tissues import carbon as a source of biosynthetic pathways and
energy. Within plastids, carbon can be used in the biosynthesis of starch or as a substrate for …

The distribution of phosphorus 1 in the world, unlike that of all other elements but carbon, is
dominated by the present and past activities of living organisms. Thus it was first isolated as …

The compartmentation of metabolism in heterotrophic plant tissues is poorly understood due
to the lack of data on metabolite distributions and fluxes between subcellular organelles …

Biosynthesis of starch and its regulation Page 198 III. IV. VI. VII. The Biochemistry of Plants,
Vol. 14 Biosynthesis of Starch and Its Regulation JACK PREISS . Introduction II. Relationship …

Starch is a very important and widely distributed natural product, occurring in the leaves of
green plants, seeds, fruits, stems, roots, and tubers. It serves as the chemical storage form of …

Only a very small number of freely occurring disaccharides are known to exist in nature.
Sucrose is one of the most abundant natural products which, in addition to playing a central …