Maize Endosperm Clones

Data from GenBank (1997)
Clones isolated from developing maize endosperm.

  Form 1 Form 2 Form 3 Form 4
ADP-glc pyrophosphorylases Small subunit (Bt2) Large Subunit (Sh2) Small subunit (Agp1) Large subunit (Agp2)
Bound starch synthases GBSSI (Wx) - - -
Branching enzymes BEI BEIIa BEIIb (Ae) -
Starch synthases SSI SSIIa (Su2?) SSIIb SSIII (Dull)
Amylogenin Amylogenin - - -
Debranching enzymes Isoamylase (Su1) ?? Pullulanase (??) - -
Disproportionating enzymes ?? - - -

Ae = Amylose extender locus

Bt2 = Brittle 2 locus

Dull = Dull locus

Sh2 = Shrunken 2 locus

Su1 = Sugary 1 locus

Su2 = Sugary 2 locus

Wx = Waxy locus