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Sucrose synthase

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EC number
  
2.4.1.13

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9030-05-1

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Sucrose synthase

In enzymology, a sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

NDP-glucose + D-fructose ⇌ NDP + sucrose

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are NDP-glucose and D-fructose, whereas its two products are NDP and sucrose.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is NDP-glucose:D-fructose 2-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include UDPglucose-fructose glucosyltransferase, sucrose synthetase, sucrose-UDP glucosyltransferase, sucrose-uridine diphosphate glucosyltransferase, and uridine diphosphoglucose-fructose glucosyltransferase. This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism.

Literature

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  • Tanase K, Yamaki S (2000). "Purification and characterization of two sucrose synthase isoforms from Japanese pear fruit". Plant. Cell. Physiol. 41 (4): 408–14. doi:10.1093/pcp/41.4.408. PMID 10845453. 
  • T, Pozueta-Romero J; Muñoz, FJ; Saikusa, T; Rodríguez-López, M; Akazawa, T; Pozueta-Romero, J (2003). "Sucrose synthase catalyzes the de novo production of ADPglucose linked to starch biosynthesis in heterotrophic tissues of plants". Plant. Cell. Physiol. 44 (5): 500–9. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcg062. PMID 12773636. 

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