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A bifunctional enzyme with L-fucokinase and GDP-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase activities salvages free L-fucose in Arabidopsis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Mar 2008
Kotake Toshihisa, Hojo Sachiko, Tajima Noriaki, Matsuoka Koji, Koyama Tetsuo, Tsumuraya Yoichi
Abstract excerpt
Monomeric sugars generated during the metabolism of polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids are imported to the cytoplasm and converted to respective nucleotide sugars via monosaccharide 1-phosphates, to be reutilized as activated sugars. Because L-fucose (L-Fuc) is activated mainly in the form of GDP derivatives in seed plants, the salvage reactions for L-Fuc are expected to be independent from those for...
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