Purification and characterization of a fructosyltransferase from onion bulbs and its key role in the synthesis of fructo-oligosaccharides in vivo

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 513-524

  Fujishima, Masaki ^a   Sakai, Hideki ^a   Ueno, Keiji ^a   Takahashi, Natsuko ^a   Onodera, Shuichi ^a   Benkeblia, Noureddine ^a   Shiomi, Norio ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructo oligosaccharides synthesis; Fructosyltransferase; Onion (Allium cepa); Properties; Purification; Sequence

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN - FRUCTAN 6G-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FRUCTAN FRUCTAN 6G FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONION; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ONIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 13144283718     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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