A Previously Unknown Maltose Transporter Essential for Starch Degradation in Leaves. Niittylä, T., Messerli, G., Trevisan, M., Chen, J., Smith, A. M., & Zeeman, S. C. Science, 303(5654):87–89, January, 2004. Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science Section: Report
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A previously unknown maltose transporter is essential for the conversion of starch to sucrose in Arabidopsis leaves at night. The transporter was identified by isolating two allelic mutants with high starch levels and very high maltose, an intermediate of starch breakdown. The mutations affect a gene of previously unknown function, MEX1. We show that MEX1is a maltose transporter that is unrelated to other sugar transporters. The severe mex1 phenotype demonstrates that MEX1is the predominant route of carbohydrate export from chloroplasts at night. Homologous genes in plants including rice and potato indicate that maltose export is of widespread significance.
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	title = {A {Previously} {Unknown} {Maltose} {Transporter} {Essential} for {Starch} {Degradation} in {Leaves}},
	volume = {303},
	copyright = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
	issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
	url = {https://science.sciencemag.org/content/303/5654/87},
	doi = {10/dpgjgv},
	abstract = {A previously unknown maltose transporter is essential for the conversion of starch to sucrose in Arabidopsis leaves at night. The transporter was identified by isolating two allelic mutants with high starch levels and very high maltose, an intermediate of starch breakdown. The mutations affect a gene of previously unknown function, MEX1. We show that MEX1is a maltose transporter that is unrelated to other sugar transporters. The severe mex1 phenotype demonstrates that MEX1is the predominant route of carbohydrate export from chloroplasts at night. Homologous genes in plants including rice and potato indicate that maltose export is of widespread significance.},
	language = {en},
	number = {5654},
	urldate = {2021-06-15},
	journal = {Science},
	author = {Niittylä, Totte and Messerli, Gaëlle and Trevisan, Martine and Chen, Jychian and Smith, Alison M. and Zeeman, Samuel C.},
	month = jan,
	year = {2004},
	pmid = {14704427},
	note = {Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Section: Report},
	pages = {87--89},
}

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