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Starch synthesis in potatoes

Reference	BBS/E/J/11000060
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alison Smith
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	8,381
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	30/04/1997
Duration	1 months

Abstract

The capacity to produce novel, industrially-useful starches in starch-storing crops is an important target of plant biotechnology. The key factor in determining the structure of starch - and hence the physico-chemical properties that determine its industrial usefulness - is the nature of the starch- synthesising enzymes in the plant. A full understanding of the contributions of all of these enzymes will allow rational genetic manipulation to produce starch of a predicted structure targeted to a specific industrial use. This project aims to understand the contribution of each of the starch synthases of the potato tuber. Using biochemical and molecular biological techniques, all of the major forms of starch synthase in the tuber have been identified and transgenic lines of potatoes with severely reduced amounts of each have been produced. The quantitative and qualitative contribution of each form is being assessed in collaboration with chemists in the sponsoring industry.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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