Studies on the metabolism of the protozoa. The molecular structure of a starch-type polysaccharide from Polytoma uvella
- 1 August 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 96 (2), 530-532
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0960530
Abstract
Polytoma uvella, when grown in an acetate-containing medium, synthesizes a starch-type polysaccharide. The starch differs from normal plant starches in having a lower iodine affinity, and in being relatively insoluble; this latter property makes fractionation difficult. The starch contains about 16% of amylose, and on fractionation yields a branched amylopectin component that is similar in structure to a typical plant starch amylopectin.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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