Open AccessIt Takes Two to Tango: A New Partner in Amylose Synthesis
Author(s) -
Caitlin Sedwick
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002079
Subject(s) - biology , amylose , starch synthase , starch , enzyme , biochemistry , mechanism (biology) , amylopectin , philosophy , epistemology
The mechanism by which plants make starch—a vital foodstuff for billions of humans—is poorly understood, with a clear role for just one enzyme, granular binding starch synthase. A new study identifies a protein needed to recruit this enzyme to the starch granule. Read the Research Article.
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