Starch: basic science to biotechnology

✍ Scribed by Mirta Noemi Sivak and Jack Preiss (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 200
Series: Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 41
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Advisory Board
Page ii

Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv

Occurrence of Starch
Pages 1-12

Physicochemical Structure of The Starch Granule
Pages 13-32

Biosynthetic Reactions of Starch Synthesis
Pages 33-41

Synthesis of The Glucosyl Donor: Adpglucose Pyrophosphorylase
Pages 43-74

Starch Synthases
Pages 75-87

Branching Enzymes
Pages 89-106

Open Questions and Hypotheses in Starch Biosynthesis
Pages 107-113

The Site of Starch Synthesis in Nonphotosynthetic Plant Tissues: The Amyloplast
Pages 115-124

Regulation of The Starch Synthesis Pathway: Targets for Biotechnology
Pages 125-137

Starch Accumulation in Photosynthetic Cells
Pages 139-152

Starch Degradation
Pages 153-161

Industrial Applications of Starch
Pages 163-170

References
Pages 171-194

Index
Pages 195-199

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