The Science of Amylose
- The plant cell builds an intracellular starch store (called amyloplast) as an energy supply
- Synthesis of amylose and amylopectin orchestrated by several enzymes
- Many enzymes involved in the catalysis of amylopectin including “starch branching enzymes“ or SBE
- SBE occurs in three sub-classes, all of which are active in the process of putting “branches” on the amylopectin “tree”
- (Partially) blocked SBE enzymes results in (partially) blocked production of amylopectin (the red X)
- Reaching just the rightly dosed level of SBE block results in high amylose content (~50% amylose in the starch compared to normally ~25%) or extreme high amylose content (>90% amylose)
- Modifying SBE blockage is a key scientific competence in PlantCarb

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Plant Biology 2012, 12:223 (2012)
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