Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
The pathway of starch synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves
M. M. F. F. Fünfgeld, W. Wang, H. Ishihara…·T. Niittylä
The paper resolves a 20-year controversy by showing that ADPG pyrophosphorylase in chloroplasts, not sucrose synthase in the cytosol, is the primary source of ADPG for starch synthesis in Arabidopsis leaves.
DOI 10.1101/2021.01.11.426159