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2009

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

Gautam Sarath Publications

Amylose

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Two Distinct Waxy Alleles Impact The Granule-Bound Starch Synthase In Sorghum, Scott E. Sattler, Jaswinder Singh, Eric J. Haas, Lining Guo, Gautam Sarath, Jeffrey F. Pedersen Jan 2009

Two Distinct Waxy Alleles Impact The Granule-Bound Starch Synthase In Sorghum, Scott E. Sattler, Jaswinder Singh, Eric J. Haas, Lining Guo, Gautam Sarath, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

Gautam Sarath Publications

The granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) is the enzyme responsible for amylose synthesis in starch granules. Loss of GBSS activity results in starch granules containing mostly amylopectin and little or no amylose, a phenotype described as waxy.