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Evolution and expression of the fructokinase gene family in Saccharum.
BMC genomics - 21 Feb 2017
Chen Yihong, Zhang Qing, Hu Weichang, Zhang Xingtan, Wang Liming, Hua Xiuting, Yu Qingyi, Ming Ray, Zhang Jisen
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BACKGROUND: Sugarcane is an important sugar crop contributing up to about 80% of the world sugar production. Efforts to characterize the genes involved in sugar metabolism at the molecular level are growing since increasing sugar content is a major goal in the breeding of new sugarcane varieties. Fructokinases (FRK) are the main fructose phosphorylating enzymes with high substrate specificity and affinity....
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