RRC ID 47290
Author Satoh H, Nishi A, Yamashita K, Takemoto Y, Tanaka Y, Hosaka Y, Sakurai A, Fujita N, Nakamura Y.
Title Starch-branching enzyme I-deficient mutation specifically affects the structure and properties of starch in rice endosperm.
Journal Plant Physiol
Abstract We have isolated a starch mutant that was deficient in starch-branching enzyme I (BEI) from the endosperm mutant stocks of rice (Oryza sativa) induced by the treatment of fertilized egg cells with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. The deficiency of BEI in this mutant was controlled by a single recessive gene, tentatively designated as starch-branching enzyme mutant 1 (sbe1). The mutant endosperm exhibited the normal phenotype and contained the same amount of starch as the wild type. However, the mutation apparently altered the fine structure of amylopectin. The mutant amylopectin was characterized by significant decrease in both long chains with degree of polymerization (DP) > or = 37 and short chains with DP 12 to 21, marked increase in short chains with DP < or = 10 (A chains), and slight increase in intermediate chains with DP 24 to 34, suggesting that BEI specifically synthesizes B1 and B2-3 chains. The endosperm starch from the sbe1 mutant had a lower onset concentration for urea gelatinization and a lower onset temperature for thermo-gelatinization compared with the wild type, indicating that the genetic modification of amylopectin fine structure is responsible for changes in physicochemical properties of sbe1 starch.
Volume 133(3)
Pages 1111-21
Published 2003-11-1
DOI 10.1104/pp.103.021527
PII pp.103.021527
PMID 14526120
PMC PMC281607
MeSH 1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme / genetics* 1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme / metabolism Amylopectin / biosynthesis Amylose / biosynthesis Methylnitrosourea / pharmacology Mutation Oryza / enzymology Oryza / genetics* Oryza / metabolism Phenotype Seeds / drug effects Seeds / enzymology Seeds / genetics* Starch / biosynthesis*
IF 6.902
Times Cited 129
WOS Category PLANT SCIENCES
Resource
Rice Induced mutation lines