Metabolic Engineering of Carbohydrates - (CUSAT) â Plant ...
Metabolic Engineering of Carbohydrates - (CUSAT) â Plant ...
Metabolic Engineering of Carbohydrates - (CUSAT) â Plant ...
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Starch biosynthesis<br />
• occur in the plastids <strong>of</strong> leaves & in amyloplasts<br />
<strong>of</strong> storage organs<br />
• Upon entry <strong>of</strong> sucrose in the sink cells , sucrose<br />
is cleaved by sucrose synthase & converted to<br />
Glu-1-P which can be used for the synthesis <strong>of</strong><br />
ADP-glucose, the major substrate for starch<br />
biosynthesis<br />
• reaction is catalysed by ADP –glucosepyrophosphorylase
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