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Andriotis, Vasilios M. E., Rejzek, Martin, Rugen, Michael D., Svensson, Birte, Smith, Alison M. and Field, Robert A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8574-0275
(2016)
Iminosugar inhibitors of carbohydrate-active enzymes that underpin cereal grain germination and endosperm metabolism.
Biochemical Society Transactions, 44 (1).
pp. 159-165.
ISSN 0300-5127
Abstract
Starch is a major energy store in plants. It provides most of the calories in the human diet and, as a bulk commodity, it is used across broad industry sectors. Starch synthesis and degradation are not fully understood, owing to challenging biochemistry at the liquid/solid interface and relatively limited knowledge about the nature and control of starch degradation in plants. Increased societal and commercial demand for enhanced yield and quality in starch crops requires a better understanding of starch metabolism as a whole. Here we review recent advances in understanding the roles of carbohydrate-active enzymes in starch degradation in cereal grains through complementary chemical and molecular genetics. These approaches have allowed us to start dissecting aspects of starch degradation and the interplay with cellwall polysaccharide hydrolysis during germination. With a view to improving and diversifying the properties and uses of cereal grains, it is possible that starch degradation may be amenable to manipulation through genetic or chemical intervention at the level of cell wall metabolism, rather than simply in the starch degradation pathway per se.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | arabinoxylan,cell wall,cereal grain,chemical genetics,iminosugar,starch,biochemistry ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1303 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2024 13:35 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 18:06 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96531 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/BST20150222 |
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