Open AccessA New Mechanism for Starch Dephosphorylation: Insight from the Structure of LIKE SEX FOUR2
Author(s) -
Nancy R. Hofmann
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.250614
Subject(s) - dephosphorylation , biology , glucan , starch , biochemistry , phosphorylation , carbohydrate , granule (geology) , mechanism (biology) , phosphatase , philosophy , epistemology , paleontology
Starch granules are dense, insoluble structures made up of glucan chains that serve as both short- and long-term carbohydrate storage within plants (reviewed in [Streb and Zeeman, 2012][1]). It is thought that phosphorylation of glucosyl moieties within the glucan chains solubilizes the granule
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