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The presence of phospholipids reduces the breakdown of amylose catalyzed by β-amylase, phosphorylase and α-amylase. The activities of the β-amylases of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) disminish to less than 10% of the activity in the control without the phospholipids. When the amylose was complexed with phospholipids the activity of the α-amylase of Bacillus subtilis was reduced to about 25% of the control value. A similar effect was observed for the amylases of Zea mays leaves. The phosphorylase effected almost no phosphorolysis of the complexed amylose, but starch synthesis from glucose-1-phosphate proceeded at a rate that was about 60% of that with pure amylose. The activity of the synthetase from bundle sheath cells of maize leaves was not influenced much by the presence of phospholipids, whereas the “branching enzyme” of maize endosperm did not produce any amylopectin from the complexed amylose. —These facts could explain the simultaneous deposition of amylose and amylopectin in the starch granules. Some of the newly formed glucan chains may be protected by formation of a complex with the phospholipids. This protected amylose can not undergo branching or breakdown, but it can be elongated owing to the activity of synthetase or phosphorylase. Amylopectin is formed from the chains that are not complexed.
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Vieweg, G.H., de Fekete, M.A.R. Einfluß von Phospholipiden auf den Stärkemetabolismus. Planta 129, 155–159 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390022
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