Studies on the metabolism of the protozoa. The molecular structure of a starch-type polysaccharide from Polytoma uvella.
1. Polytoma uvella, when grown in an acetate-containing medium, synthesizes a starch-type polysaccharide. 2. The starch differs from normal plant starches in having a lower iodine affinity, and in being relatively insoluble; this latter property makes fractionation difficult. 3. 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.
D000085:Acetates; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013213:Starch / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D000085:Acetates; D011134:Polysaccharides; D013213:Starch
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