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ADP-glucose is the glucosyl donor in the synthesis of starch and its synthesis is catalyzed by ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (reaction I, E.C. 2.7.7.27; ATP: α-D-glucose-1 -phosphate adenylyltransferase). Reaction II, catalyzed by starch synthase (E.C. 2.4.1.21) ADP-glucose; 1,4-α-D-glucan 4-α-glucosyltransferase, transfers the glucosyl residue from the sugar nucleotide to elongate the 1,4-α-D-glucan chain. Reaction III is catalyzed by branching enzyme (E.C. 2.4.1.18) 1,4-α-D-glucan 6-α-(1,4-α-glucano)-transferase and forms the branched chains found in amylopectin.
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Preiss, J., Ballicora, M.A., Fu, Y., Sheng, J., Wu, M. (1999). Regulation of Higher Plant Leaf and Reserve Tissue Starch Synthesis. In: Altman, A., Ziv, M., Izhar, S. (eds) Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology in the 21st Century. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4661-6_73
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