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Sucrose synthase is involved in the conversion of sucrose to polysaccharides in filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria.
Planta - 1 Sept 2008
Curatti Leonardo, Giarrocco Laura E, Cumino Andrea C, Salerno Graciela L
Abstract excerpt
Higher plants and cyanobacteria metabolize sucrose (Suc) by a similar set of enzymes. Suc synthase (SuS, UDP-glucose: D: -fructose 2-alpha-D: -glucosyl transferase, EC 2.4.1.13) catalyses the synthesis and cleavage of Suc, and in higher plants, it plays an important role in polysaccharides biosynthesis and carbon allocation. In this work, we have studied the functional relationship between SuS and the metabolism...
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