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Table 2 Phosphate content of tuber starches from lines exhibiting silencing of GBSS (1041 lines) or overexpressing SBEII (1047 lines)

From: Overexpression of STARCH BRANCHING ENZYME II increases short-chain branching of amylopectin and alters the physicochemical properties of starch from potato tuber

Line

C6 PO 4

C3 PO 4

Total

WT898

32.8 ± 1.8

7.5 ± 0.6

40.3

EV33-5

29.0 ± 2.7

6.4 ± 0.6

35.4

1041-3

35.2 ± 6.1

8.8 ± 1.9

44.0

1041-16

31.7 ± 1.6

7.1 ± 0.5

38.8

1047-15

24.1 ± 2.5

5.1 ± 0.3

29.1

1047-17

24.5 ± 2.1

5.8 ± 0.1

30.2

  1. WT: wild-type; EV: empty vector. Data are mean nmol Glc6P per mg starch ± SD and mean nmol Glc3P per mg starch ± SD (n = 3 biological replicates). Total nmol phosphate per mg starch was calculated as the sum of C6 plus C3 phosphates.
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BMC Biotechnology

ISSN: 1472-6750

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