Publications by authors named "Hande Tuncay"
The MEX1 locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was identified in a genetic screen as a factor that affects starch metabolism. Mutation of MEX1 causes a slow-down in the mobilization of storage polysaccharide. Cosegregation and functional complementation analyses were used to assess the involvement of the Mex1 protein in starch degradation.
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- Scientists created a special test to learn how a tiny green alga called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii moves starch around when it doesn't have nitrogen.
- They looked at how different factors like lack of nutrients and changes from light to dark affect mutant strains of the alga.
- About a third of these mutant strains had changes in important genes for breaking down starch, while the rest were missing unknown functions that could help the alga move starch differently.