1st Edition

Enzymology of Complex Alpha-Glucans

Edited By Felix Nitschke Copyright 2022
298 Pages 15 Color & 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

298 Pages 15 Color & 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

298 Pages 15 Color & 43 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Glycogen and Starch: So Similar, yet so Different. Both carbohydrates are central to the primary metabolism of a large part of the living kingdom. Generally, animals, fungi, and bacteria store glycogen, while plants largely rely on starch. This book provides a broad and current view on both glycogen and starch, in lower and higher organisms. Beside biochemistry, physiology and regulation of... Read more

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Analyses of Covalent Modifications in α-Glucans

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The Pathologies of a Dysfunctional Glycogen Metabolism

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Starch Granules and their Glucan Components

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Regulation of Assimilatory Starch Metabolism by Cellular Carbohydrate Status

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Heteromeric Protein Interactions in Starch Synthesis

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Biography

Felix Nitschke received his Ph.D. from the University of Potsdam, Germany (2013), under Dr. Martin Steup, an accomplished expert in starch metabolism. Early on Dr. Nitschke’s work focused on particular glycogen storage diseases where pathological insoluble "starch-like" glycogen particles are accumulating, and for instance, drive the progressive childhood-onset epilepsy Lafora disease. After a post-doc under Dr. Berge Minassian at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Dr. Nitschke was recruited as Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.