edited by Mirta E. Sivak
and Jack Preiss

This reference book recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship.

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research - Volume 41 presents the physiological and biochemical aspects of storage carbohydrates, or starch granules, in plants. This up-to-date and thorough resource carefully integrates fundamental knowledge with the most recent information on the starch granule. It discusses the chemistry of the starch granule and the biochemistry, molecular biology, plant physiology, and genetics of plant starch synthesis. The books also describes the implications of these studies for the seed, biotechnology, and modified starch industries.

Contents

1. Occurrence of Starch
2. Physicochemical Structure of the Starch Granule
3. Biosynthetic Reactions of Starch Synthesis
4. Synthesis of the Glucosyl Donor: ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase
5. Starch Synthases
6. Branching Enzymes
7. Open Questions and Hypotheses in Starch Biosynthesis
8. The Site of Starch Synthesis in Non-Photosynthetic Plant Tissues: The Amyloplast
9. Regulation of the Starch Synthesis Pathway: Targets for Biotechnology
10. Starch Accumulation in Photosynthetic Cells
11. Starch Degradation
12. Industrial Applications of Starch

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