Differences in specificity and compensatory functions among three major starch synthases determine the structure of amylopectin in rice endosperm

Comparative in vitro analyses of recombinant maize starch synthases SSI, SSIIa, and SSIII reveal direct regulatory interactions and thermosensitivity

(2016) Binquan Huang et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Underlying Mechanisms of Zymographic Diversity in Starch Synthase I and Pullulanase in Rice-Developing Endosperm

(2016) Yaling Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Plastidic phosphoglucomutase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase mutants impair starch synthesis in rice pollen grains and cause male sterility

(2016) Sang-Kyu Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Critical roles of soluble starch synthase SSIIIa and granule-bound starch synthase Waxy in synthesizing resistant starch in rice

(2016) Hongju Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amylopectin biosynthetic enzymes from developing rice seed form enzymatically active protein complexes

(2015) Naoko Crofts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The different effects of starch synthase IIa mutations or variation on endosperm amylose content of barley, wheat and rice are determined by the distribution of starch synthase I and starch branching enzyme IIb between the starch granule and amyloplast stroma

(2015) Jixun Luo et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

PROTEIN TARGETING TO STARCH Is Required for Localising GRANULE-BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE to Starch Granules and for Normal Amylose Synthesis in Arabidopsis

(2015) David Seung et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Relationships between starch synthase I and branching enzyme isozymes determined using double mutant rice lines

(2014) Natsuko Abe et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Suppression of starch synthase I expression affects the granule morphology and granule size and fine structure of starch in wheat endosperm

(2014) S. J. McMaugh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Deficiencies in both starch synthase IIIa and branching enzyme IIb lead to a significant increase in amylose in SSIIa-inactive japonica rice seeds

(2014) Hiroki Asai et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genetic Evidence That Chain Length and Branch Point Distributions Are Linked Determinants of Starch Granule Formation in Arabidopsis

(2014) B. Pfister et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

In vitro studies of enzymatic properties of starch synthases and interactions between starch synthase I and starch branching enzymes from rice

(2014) Yasunori Nakamura et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Analysis of the Functional Interaction of Arabidopsis Starch Synthase and Branching Enzyme Isoforms Reveals that the Cooperative Action of SSI and BEs Results in Glucans with Polymodal Chain Length Distribution Similar to Amylopectin

(2014) Henrike Brust et al.   PLoS One

New Starch Phenotypes Produced by TILLING in Barley

(2014) Francesca Sparla et al.   PLoS One

Rare allele of a previously unidentified histone H4 acetyltransferase enhances grain weight, yield, and plant biomass in rice

(2014) Xian Jun Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Creation of a high-amylose durum wheat through mutagenesis of starch synthase II (SSIIa)

(2013) A.C. Hogg et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE

Glucan affinity of starch synthase IIa determines binding of starch synthase I and starch-branching enzyme IIb to starch granules

(2012) Fushan Liu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Simple and Rapid Molecular Techniques for Identification of Amylose Levels in Rice Varieties

(2012) Acga Cheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Elongated phytoglycogen chain length in transgenic rice endosperm expressing active starch synthase IIa affects the altered solubility and crystallinity of the storage α-glucan

(2012) Naoko Fujita et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

RiceXPro Version 3.0: expanding the informatics resource for rice transcriptome

(2012) Yutaka Sato et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional Interaction Between Plastidial Starch Phosphorylase and Starch Branching Enzymes from Rice During the Synthesis of Branched Maltodextrins

(2012) Y. Nakamura et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Lack of starch synthase IIIa and high expression of granule-bound starch synthase I synergistically increase the apparent amylose content in rice endosperm

(2012) Naoko Crofts et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Structures of Starches from Rice Mutants Deficient in the Starch Synthase Isozyme SSI or SSIIIa

(2011) Isao Hanashiro et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Integrated functions among multiple starch synthases determine both amylopectin chain length and branch linkage location in Arabidopsis leaf starch

(2011) Nicolas Szydlowski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm requires the presence of either starch synthase I or IIIa

(2011) Naoko Fujita et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional Interactions between Starch Synthase III and Isoamylase-Type Starch-Debranching Enzyme in Maize Endosperm

(2011) Q. Lin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic dissection of rice grain shape using a recombinant inbred line population derived from two contrasting parents and fine mapping a pleiotropic quantitative trait locus qGL7

(2010) Xufeng Bai et al.   BMC GENETICS

Starch biosynthesis in cereal endosperm

(2010) Jong-Seong Jeon et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of pullulanase (PUL)-deficient mutants of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and the function of PUL on starch biosynthesis in the developing rice endosperm

(2009) Naoko Fujita et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Identification and characterization of a novel Waxy allele from a Yunnan rice landrace

(2009) Linglong Liu et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Granule-bound SSIIa Protein Content and its Relationship with Amylopectin Structure and Gelatinization Temperature of Rice Starch

(2009) Jinsong Bao et al.   STARCH-STARKE

Overlapping functions of the starch synthases SSII and SSIII in amylopectin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2008) Xiaoli Zhang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Biocatalysis for the Production of Industrial Products and Functional Foods from Rice and Other Agricultural Produce

(2008) Casimir C. Akoh et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Mutation of the Plastidial  -Glucan Phosphorylase Gene in Rice Affects the Synthesis and Structure of Starch in the Endosperm

(2008) H. Satoh et al.   PLANT CELL