Occurrence of glucosylsucrose [α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-α- D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranoside] and glucosylated homologues in cyanobacteria: Structural properties, cellular contents and possible function as thermoprotectants

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-149

  Fischer, Daniela ^a,c   Geyer, Armin ^b   Loos, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylase; Cyanobacteria; Homologous series; Oligosaccharides; Thermoprotection

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLSUCROSE [ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1,2) ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1,2) BETA DEXTRO FRUCTOFURANOSIDE]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSYLSUCROSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; REDUCING AGENT; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; HEAT STRESS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HEAT INJURY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC ELLIPSOSPORUM; SUIDAE;

AMYLASES; CYANOBACTERIA; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NOSTOC; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; REDUCING AGENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 33644875644     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.05050.x     Document Type: Article

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