Plants must achieve a balance between carbon assimilation, storage and growth, but little is
known about how this is achieved. We describe evidence for the existence of regulatory …

Recent research reveals that starch degradation in Arabidopsis leaves at night is
significantly different from the “textbook” version of this process. Although parts of the …

Abstract β-Amylase (BAM)-mediated starch degradation is a main source of soluble sugars
that help plants adapt to environmental stresses. Here, we demonstrate that dehydration …

Starch is the major non-structural carbohydrate in plants. It serves as an important store of
carbon that fuels plant metabolism and growth when they are unable to photosynthesise …

A number of studies have demonstrated β-amylase induction in response to abiotic stress. In
the present work, a temperature response profile in 5° C increments from 45° C to 0° C …

This article reviews current knowledge of starch metabolism in higher plants, and focuses on
the control and regulation of the biosynthetic and degradative pathways. The major …

During photosynthesis of higher plants, absorbed light energy is converted into chemical
energy that, in part, is accumulated in the form of transitory starch within chloroplasts. In the …

This work investigated the roles of β-amylases in the breakdown of leaf starch. Of the nine β-
amylase (BAM)–like proteins encoded in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, at least four …

Transitory starch is stored during the day inside chloroplasts and broken down at night for
export. Maltose is the primary form of carbon export from chloroplasts at night. We …

Disproportionating enzyme (d‐enzyme) is a plastidial α‐1, 4‐glucanotransferase but its role
in starch metabolism is unclear. Using a reverse genetics approach we have isolated a …