Production of galactinol from sucrose by plant enzymes

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1465-1471

  Wakiuchi, Nariaki ^a   Shiomi, Ryohei ^a   Tamaki, Hajime ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumber leaves; Galactinol; Galactinol synthase; Sucrose synthase; UDP Galactose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

6 BETA GALACTINOL; 6 BETA-GALACTINOL; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1-ALPHA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCUMBER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SWEET POTATO;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DISACCHARIDES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUCROSE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2442614897     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1465     Document Type: Article

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