Publications

2013

Bischof S., Umhang M., Eicke S., Streb S., Qi W., Zeeman C. (2013) Cecropia peltata accumulates starch or soluble glycogen by differentially regulating starch biosynthetic genes. Plant Cell, in press. [pdf]

2012

Streb S., Eicke S., Zeeman S.C. (2012). The Simultaneous Abolition of Three Starch Hydrolases Blocks Transient Starch Breakdown in Arabidopsis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287, 41745-41756. [pdf]

Streb S., Zeeman S.C. (2012). Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis. The Arabidopsis Book, 10, e0160. [pdf]

Glaring M.A., Skryhan K., Kötting O., Zeeman S.C., Blennow A. (2012) Comprehensive survey of redox sensitive starch metabolising enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 58, 89-97. [pdf]

Stitt M., Zeeman, S.C. (2012) Starch turnover: pathways, regulation and role in growth. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 15, 282–292. [pdf]

Hädrich N., Hendriks J., Kötting O., Arrivault S., Feil R., Zeeman S. C., Gibon Y., Schulze W., Stitt M., Lunn J. (2012) Mutagenesis of cysteine-81 prevents dimerisation of the APS1 subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and alters diurnal starch turnover in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. The Plant Journal, 70, 231-242.[pdf]

2011

Santelia D., Kötting O., Seung D., Schubert M., Thalmann M., Bischof S., Meekins D.A., Lutz A., Patron N., Gentry M. S., Allain F.H.-T., Zeeman S.C. (2011) The phosphoglucan phosphatase LSF2 (Like Sex Four 2) dephosphorylates starch at the C3-position in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 23, 4096-4111. [pdf]

Reinhold H., Soyk S., Simkova K., Hostettler C., Marafino J., Samantha M., Vaughan C.K., Monroe J.D., Zeeman S.C. (2011) Beta-amylase–like proteins function as transcription factors in Arabidopsis, controlling shoot growth and development. Plant Cell, 23, 1391-1403. [pdf]

Glaring M., Baumann M., Abou Hachem M., Nakai H., Nakai N., Santelia D., Sigurskjold B., Zeeman S.C., Blennow A., Svensson B. (2011) Starch-binding domains in the CBM45 family - low-affinity domains from glucan, water dikinase and alpha-amylase involved in plastidial starch metabolism. FEBS Journal, 278, 1175-1185. [pdf]

Hostettler C., Kölling K., Santelia D., Streb S., Kötting O., Zeeman S.C. (2011) Analysis of starch metabolism in chloroplasts. Methods in Molecular Biology, 775, 387-410. [pdf]

Santelia, D., Zeeman S.C. (2011) Progress in Arabidopsis starch research and potential biotechnological applications. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 22, 271-280. [pdf]

Barratt D.H.P., Kölling K., Graf A., Pike M., Calder G., Findlay K., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2011) Callose synthase GSL7 is necessary for normal phloem transport and inflorescence growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 155, 328-341. [pdf]

2010

Egli B., Kölling K., Köhler C., Zeeman S.C., Streb S. (2010) Loss of cytosolic phosphoglucomutase compromises gametophyte development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology,154, 1659-1671. [pdf]

Regier N., Streb, S., Zeeman, S.C., Frey B. (2010) Seasonal changes in starch and sugar content of poplar (Populus deltoides × nigra cv. Dorskamp) and the impact of stem girdling on carbohydrate allocation to roots. Tree Physiology, 30, 979-987. [pdf]

Kötting O., Kossmann J., Zeeman S.C., Lloyd J.R. (2010) Regulation of starch metabolism: The age of enlightenment? Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 13, 321-329. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Kossmann J., Smith A.M. (2010) Starch; its metabolism, evolution and biotechnological modification in plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 61, 209-234. [pdf]

Hejazi M., Fettke J., Kötting O., Zeeman S.C., Steup M. (2010) The laforin-like dual-specificity phosphatase SEX4 from Arabidopsis thaliana hydrolyses both C6- and C3-phosphate esters introduced by starch-related dikinases and thereby affects phase transition of α-glucans. Plant Physiology, 152, 711-722 . [pdf]

Comparot-Moss S., Kötting O., Stettler M., Edner C.,  Graf A., Weise S.E., Streb S., Lue W.-L., MacLean D.l, Mahlow S., Ritte G., Steup M., Chen J., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2010) A putative phosphatase, LSF1, is required for normal starch turnover in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiology, 152, 685-697. [pdf]

2009

Stettler M., Eicke S., Mettler T., Messerli G., Hörtensteiner S., Zeeman S.C. (2009) Blocking the metabolism of starch breakdown products in Arabidopsis leaves triggers chloroplast degradation. Molecular Plant, 2, 1233-1246. [pdf]

Streb S., Egli B., Eicke S., Zeeman S.C. (2009) The debate on the pathway of starch synthesis: a closer look at low-starch mutants lacking plastidial phosphoglucomutase supports the chloroplast-localised pathway. Plant Physiology, 151, 1769-1772. [pdf]

Regier N., Streb S., Cocozza C., Schaub M., Cherubini P., Zeeman S. C., Frey B. (2009) Drought tolerance of two black poplar (Populus nigra L.) clones: contribution of carbohydrates and oxidative stress defence. Plant, Cell and Environment, 32, 1724-1736. [pdf ]

Hürlimann H. C., Pinson B., Stadler-Waibel M., Zeeman S. C., Freimoser F. M. (2009) The SPX domain of the yeast low-affinity phosphate transporter Pho90 regulates transport activity. EMBO reports, 10, 1003-1008. [pdf]

Kötting O., Santelia D., Edner C., Eicke S., Marthaler T., Gentry M.S., Comparot- Moss S., Chen J., Smith A.M., Steup M., Ritte G., Zeeman S.C. (2009) STARCH-EXCESS4 is a laforin-like phosphoglucan phosphatase required for starch degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell, 21, 334-346. [pdf]

2008

Streb S., Delatte T., Umhang M., Eicke S., Schorderet M., Reinhardt D., Zeeman S.C. (2008) Starch granule biosynthesis in Arabidopsis is abolished by removal of all debranching enzymes but restored by the subsequent removal of an endoamylase. The Plant Cell, 20, 3448-3466. [pdf]

Fulton D.C., Stettler M., Mettler T., Vaughan C.K., Li J., Francisco P., Gil M., Reinhold H., Eicke S., Messerli G., Dorken G., Halliday K., Smith A.M., Smith St.M., Zeeman S.C. (2008) Beta-AMYLASE4 a noncatalytic protein required for starch breackdown, acts upstream of three acive beta-amylases in arabidopsis chloroplasts. The Plant Cell, 20, 1040-1058. [pdf]

2007

Messerli G., Partovi Nia V., Trevisan M., Kolbe A., Schauer N., Geigenberger P., Chen J., Davison A.C., Fernie A.R., Zeeman S.C. (2007) Rapid classification of phenotypic mutants of Arabidopsis via metabolite fingerprinting. Plant Physiology, 143, 1484-1492. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Delatte T., Messerli G., Umhang M., Stettler M., Mettler T., Streb S., Reinhold H., Kötting O. (2007) Starch breakdown: recent discoveries suggest distinct pathways and novel mechanisms. Functional Plant Biology, 34, 465-473. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Smith S.M., Smith A.M. (2007) The diurnal metabolism of leaf starch. Biochemical Journal, 401, 13-28. [pdf]

2006

Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C. (2006) Quantification of starch in plant tissues. Nature Protocols, 1, 1342-1345. [pdf]

Niittylä T., Comparot-Moss S., Lue W.-L., Messerlie G., Trevisan M., Seymour M.D.J., Gatehouse J.A., Villadsen D., Smith S.M., Chen J., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2006) Similar protein phosphatases control starch metabolism in plants and glycogen metabolism in mammals. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, 11815-11818. [pdf]

Delatte T., Umhang M., Trevisan M., Eicke S., Thorneycroft T., Smith S.M., Zeeman S.C. (2006) Evidence for distinct mechanisms of starch granule breakdown in plants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, 12050-12059. [pdf]

2005

Yu T.-S., Zeeman S.C., Thorneycroft D., Fulton D.C., Lue W.-L., Hegemann D., Tung S.-Y., Umemoto T., Chapple A., Tsai D.-L., Dunstan H., Wang S.-M., Smith A.M., Chen J., Smith S.M. (2005) α-Amylase is not required for breakdown of transitory starch in Arabidopsis leaves. Journal of Biological Chemistry 250, 9773-9779. [pdf]

Delatte T., Trevisan M., Parker M.L., Zeeman S.C. (2005) Arabidopsis mutants Atisa1 and Atisa2 have identical phenotypes and lack the same multimeric isoamylase, which influences the branch point distribution of amylopectin during starch synthesis. The Plant Journal, 41, 815-830. [pdf]

Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C., Smith S.M. (2005) Starch degradation. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 56, 73-97. [pdf]

2004

Smith S.M., Fulton D.C., Chia T., Thorneycroft D., Chapple A., Dunstan H., Hylton C., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2004) Diurnal changes in the transcriptome encoding enzymes of starch metabolism provide evidence for both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of starch metabolism in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiology 136, 2687-2699. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Smith S.M., Smith A.M. (2004) Tansley Review. The breakdown of starch in leaves. New Phytologist 163, 247-261. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Thorneycroft D., Schupp N., Chapple A., Weck M., Dunstan H., Haldimann P., Bechtold N., Smith A.M., Smith S.M. (2004) The role of plastidial α-glucan phosphorylase in starch degradation and tolerance of abiotic stress in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiology 135, 849-858. [pdf]

Niittylä T., Messerli G., Trevisan M., Chen J., Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C. (2004) A novel maltose transporter essential for starch degradation in leaves. Science, 303, 87-89. [pdf]

Chia T., Thorneycroft D., Chapple A., Messerli G., Chen J., Zeeman S.C., Smith S.M., Smith A.M. (2004) A cytosolic glycosyltransferase is required for conversion of starch to sucrose in Arabidopsis leaves at night. The Plant Journal, 37, 853-863. [pdf]

2003

Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C., Niittyla T., Kofler H., Thorneycroft D., Smith, S.M. (2003) Starch degradation in leaves. Journal of Applied Glycoscience, 50, 173-176. [pdf]

Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C., Thorneycroft D., Smith S.M. (2003) Starch mobilisation in leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany, 54, 577-583. [pdf]

Hussein H., Mant A., Seale R., Zeeman S.C., Hinchliffe E., Edwards A., Hylton C., Borneman S., Smith A.M., Martin C., Bustos R. (2003) Three isoforms of isoamylase contribute different catalytic properties for the debranching of potato glucans. The Plant Cell, 15, 133-149. [pdf]

2002

Edwards A., Vincken J.-P., Suurs L.C.J.M., Visser R.G.F., Zeeman S.C., Smith, A.M., Martin C. (2002) Discrete forms of amylose are synthesised by isoforms of GBSSI in pea. The Plant Cell, 14, 1767-1785. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Pilling E., Tiessen A., Kato L., Donald A.M., Smith A.M. (2002). Starch synthesis in Arabidopsis; granule synthesis, composition and structure. Plant Physiology, 129, 516-529. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Smith S.M., Smith A.M. (2002). The priming of amylose synthesis in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiology, 128, 1069-1076. [pdf]

2001

Yu T.-S./Kofler H., Häusler R. E., Hille D., Flügge U.-I., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M., Kossmann J., Lloyd J., Ritte G., Steup M., Lue W.-L., Chen J., Weber A. (2001) SEX1 is a general regulator of starch degradation in plants and not the chloroplast hexose transporter. The Plant Cell, 13, 1907-1918. [pdf]

Critchley J., Zeeman S.C., Takaha T., Smith A.M., Smith S.M. (2001) A critical role for disproportionating enzyme in starch breakdown but not in starch synthesis is revealed by a knock-out mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, 26, 89-100. [pdf]

Denyer K., Johnson P., Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2001). The control of amylose synthesis. Journal of Plant Physiology, 158, 479-487. [pdf]

2000

Zeeman S.C., Smith A.M. (2000). The synthesis and degradation of starch in Arabidopsis leaves: the role of disproportionating enzyme. Proceedings of 'Starch 2000; Structure and Function', pp 144-149. [pdf]

Smith A.M., Zeeman S.C., Denyer K. (2000). The synthesis of amylose. Proceedings of 'Starch 2000; Structure and Function', pp 150-163. [pdf]

1999

Zeeman S.C., ap Rees T. (1999). Changes in carbohydrate metabolism and assimilate export in starch excess mutants of Arabidopsis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, 1445-1453. [pdf]

Smith A.M., Denyer K., Zeeman S.C., Edwards A., Martin C. (1999). The synthesis of the starch granule. In 'Plant Carbohydrate Biochemistry', M. Burrell, J. Bryant and N. Kruger eds. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, Oxford, U.K. [pdf]

1998

Zeeman S.C., Umemoto T., Lue W.-L., Au-Yeung P., Martin C., Smith A.M., Chen J. (1998). A mutant of Arabidopsis lacking a chloroplastic isoamylase accumulates both starch and phytoglycogen. The Plant Cell, 10, 1699-1711. [pdf]

Zeeman S.C., Northrop F., Smith A.M., ap Rees T. (1998). A starch-accumulating mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana deficient in a starch-hydrolyzing enzyme. The Plant Journal, 15, 357-365. [pdf]