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. 1976 Jun;57(6):933-5.
doi: 10.1104/pp.57.6.933.

Starch degradation in isolated spinach chloroplasts

C Levi  1 , M Gibbs
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Starch degradation in isolated spinach chloroplasts

C Levi et al. Plant Physiol. 1976 Jun.

Abstract

A method for loading isolated intact spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts with (14)C-starch is described. These intact chloroplasts were incubated aerobically in the dark for 30 minutes. Radioactivity in starch declined and glyceric acid 3-phosphate and maltose were the major radioactive products. It is proposed that starch is degraded within the chloroplast to glyceric acid 3-phosphate and to maltose.

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    1. Plant Physiol. 1975 Jan;55(1):12-4 - PubMed

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