Hanping Guan, Ph.D.

Biochemistry Manager

Imparl-Radosevich J.M., Li P, Zhang L., McKean A.L., Gao Z., Keeling P.L. and Guan H. (1998) Characterization of Maize Starch Synthase IIa and IIb and Comparison to Other Maize Starch Synthases.

Guan, H-P., and Keeling, P. L. (1998) Starch Biosynthesis: Understanding the Functions and Interactions of Multiple Isozymes of Starch Synthase and Branching Enzyme. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology 10: 307-319.

Imparl-Radosevich J.M., Li P., Zhang L., McKean A.L., Keeling P.L. and Guan H. (1998) Purification and Characterization of Maize Starch Synthase I and its Truncated Forms. Arch. Biochem Biophys 353: 64-72.

Harn, C., Knight M., Ramakrishnan, A., Guan, H-P., Keeling, P. L. and Wasserman, B. P. (1998) Isolation and Characterization of the Ss2 Starch Synthase cDNA Clones from Maize Endosperm. Plant Molec Biol 37: 629-637.

Knight M., Harn, C., Lilley, C.E.R., Guan, H-P., Singletary, G. W., Mu-Forster, C., Wasserman, B.P., and Keeling, P.L. (1998) Molecular cloning of starch synthase I from Zea mays endosperm and expression in E.coli. The Plant Journal 14: 613-622.

Guan H-P., Li P., Imparl-Radosevich J., Preiss J. and Keeling P.L. (1997) Comparing the properties of Echerichia coli branching enzyme and maize branching enzyme. Arch Biochem Biophys 342: 92-98.

Ball, S., HP Guan, M James, A. Myers, P Keeling, G Mouille, A Buleon, P Colonna and J Preiss 1996 From glycogen to amylopectin: A model for the biogenesis of the plant starch granule. Cell 86:349-352.

Kuriki T, HP Guan, M Sivak and J Preiss 1996 Analysis of the active center of branching enzyme II from maize endosperm. J Protein Chemistry. 15(3):305-313.

Preiss J, HP Guan, Y Fu, MA Ballicora and M Sivak 1995 Can we assign specific roles for the starch synthetic enzymes with respect to starch biosynthesis? In Sucrose metabolism, biochemistry, physiology and moleculae biology. Edited by HG Pointis, GL Salerno and EJ Echeverria. Current Topics in Plant Physiology: An American Society of Plant Physiologists Series, Vol 14.

Guan HP, T Kuriki, M Sivark and J Preiss 1995 Maize branching enzyme catalyzes the synthesis of glycogen-like polysaccharide in glycogen branching enzyme deficient Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 92:964-967.

Preiss J, MA Ballicora, MJ Laughlin, Y Fu, TW Okita, GF Barry, H Guan and M Sivak 1995 Studies on the starch biosynthetic enzymes for manipulation of starch content and quality. In Carbon partitioning and source-sink interactions in plants. Edited by MA Madore and WJ Lucas. Current Topics in Plant Physiology: An American Society of Plant Physiologists Series, Vol 13.

Kuriki T, HP Guan and J Preiss 1994 Structure-function relationships of starch branching enzyme. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 68:1581-1584.

Preiss J, D. Stark, G. Barry, HP Guan, Y Libal-Weksler, M Sivak, T Okita and G Kishore 1994 Prospects for the production of cereals with improved starch properties. In Improvement of Cerael Quality by Genetic Engineering, Edited by RJ Henry and JA Ronalds, Plenum Press, New York, 1994. P 115-127.

Guan HP, T Baba and J Preiss 1994 Expression of branching enzyme II of maize endosperm in Escherichia coli. Cellular and Molecular Biology 40:981-985.

Guan HP, T Baba and J Preiss 1994 Expression of branching enzyme I of maize endosperm in Escherichia coli. Plant Physiology 104:1449-1453.

Guan HP and J Preiss 1993 Differentiation of the properties of the branching isozymes from maize (Zea mays). Plant Physiology 102:1269-1273.

Takeda Y, HP Guan and J Preiss 1993 Branching of amylose by the branching isoenzymes of maize endosperm. Carbohydrate Research 240:253-263.



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