Table 1.

The Arabidopsis β-amylase gene family

Gene	AGI code	Amino acids	Active enzyme	Demonstrated localization	References
BAM1	At3g23920	575	Yes	Chloroplast	(Kaplan and Guy 2005; Sparla et al. 2006; Valerio et al. 2011; Monroe et al. 2014; Prasch et al. 2015; Horrer et al. 2016; Zanella et al. 2016; Thalmann et al. 2016)
BAM2	At4g00490	553	K + -dependent	Chloroplast	(Fulton et al. 2008; Monroe et al. 2017)
BAM3	At4g17090	548	Yes	Chloroplast	(Kaplan and Guy 2005; Fulton et al. 2008; Monroe et al. 2014; Horrer et al. 2016; Zanella et al. 2016; Thalmann et al. 2016; Li et al. 2017)
BAM4	At5g55700	531	No	Chloroplast	(Fulton et al. 2008; Li et al. 2009)
BAM5	At4g15210	498	Yes	Cytosol	(Wang 1995; Laby et al. 2001)
BAM6	At2g32290	577	–	–	–
BAM7	At2g45880	691	No	Nucleus	(Reinhold et al. 2011; Soyk et al. 2014)
BAM8	At5g45300	689	No	Nucleus	(Reinhold et al. 2011; Soyk et al. 2014)
BAM9	At5g18670	536	–	–	–