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. 1968 Jul;43(7):1063–1068. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.7.1063

Some Properties of Potato Tuber UDPGd-fructose-2-glucosyltransferase (E.C. 2.4.1.14) and UDPGd-fructose-6-phosphate-2-glucosyltransferase (E.C. 2.4.1.13) 1

Estanislava Slabnik 1,2,2, Rosalia B Frydman 1,2,3, Carlos E Cardini 1,2
PMCID: PMC1086973  PMID: 16656883

Abstract

Sucrose and sucrose 6-phosphate synthetase were isolated from potato tubers, partially purified and their properties studied. The sucrose synthetase showed optimum activity at 45° and was inhibited competitively by ADP and some phenolic glucosides. The Ki′s for these inhibitors were determined. Mg2+ was found to activate this enzyme. Activity toward UDP-glucose or ADP-glucose formation was measured. The optimum conditions for sucrose and UDP-glucose formation were found to differ. The specificity for the glucosyl donor and acceptor were determined.

The optimum conditions for sucrose 6-phosphate synthetase activity were studied. This enzyme was not inhibited by either ADP or phenolic glucosides; UDP-glucose was the only glucosyl donor for sucrose 6-phosphate formation.

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