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Second Mutant Gene Affecting the Amino Acid Pattern of Maize Endosperm Proteins

Oliver E. Nelson, Edwin T. Mertz, Lynn S. Bates

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The mutant floury-2 results in the production of maize endosperm proteins with an altered amino acid pattern. The lysine concentration is high, eapproximately equal to that in mutant opaque-2, and the methionine concentration is higher than in any other stock tested. Other mutants of similar phenotype!, opaque-1, floury-1, and soft-starch do not cause major changes in amino acid Pattern.

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Key concepts: Endosperm, Mutant, Methionine, Amino acid, Lysine, Gene, Biochemistry, Starch