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The initial reactions of transitory starch degradation in Spinacia oleracea L. were investigated using an in-vitro system composed of native chloroplast starch granules, purified chloroplast and non-chloroplast forms of phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.1) from spinach leaves, and e-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) isolated from Bacillus subtilis. Starch degradation was followed by measuring the release of soluble glucans, by determining phosphorylase activity, and by an electron-microscopic evaluation following deep-etching of the starch granules. Starch granules were readily degraded by a-amylase but were not a substrate for the chloroplast phosphorylase. Phosphorolysis and glucan synthesis by this enzyme form were strictly dependent upon a preceding amylolytic attack on the starch granules. In contrast, the non-chloroplast phosphorylase was capable of using starch-granule preparations as substrate. Hydrolytic degradation of the starch granules was initiated at the entire particle surface, independently of its size. As a result of amylolysis, soluble glucans were released with a low degree of polymerization. When assayed with these glucans as substrate, the chloroplast phosphorylase form exhibited a h

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Author

Martin Steup; Horst Robenek; Michael Melkonian

Publisher

Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0032-0935)

Published

1983

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)