Fructan Enzymes in Microbes and Plants : Structure, Function, and Product Formation
(2023) p.47-73- Abstract
Fructans—fructose-based oligo- or polysaccharides—are de novo synthesized from sucrose by transfructosylating enzymes of microorganisms and plants. Fructan-producing enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase families 32 and 68. Levansucrases, inulosucrases, some invertases, sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyl transferases, fructan:fructan 1-fructosyl transferases, sucrose:fructan 6-fructosyl transferases and β-fructofuranosidases synthesize independently or in cascades a wide variety of fructose-containing saccharides. Fructans from different sources often differ in the linkage between the monosaccharide residues and the degree of polymerization. This chapter reviews the literature on fructan-metabolizing enzymes from bacteria, haloarchaea, yeasts,... (More)
Fructans—fructose-based oligo- or polysaccharides—are de novo synthesized from sucrose by transfructosylating enzymes of microorganisms and plants. Fructan-producing enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase families 32 and 68. Levansucrases, inulosucrases, some invertases, sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyl transferases, fructan:fructan 1-fructosyl transferases, sucrose:fructan 6-fructosyl transferases and β-fructofuranosidases synthesize independently or in cascades a wide variety of fructose-containing saccharides. Fructans from different sources often differ in the linkage between the monosaccharide residues and the degree of polymerization. This chapter reviews the literature on fructan-metabolizing enzymes from bacteria, haloarchaea, yeasts, filamentous fungi, mono- and dicot plants. The focus is mostly on the product spectra of the enzymes, structure-function relationships that determine substrate specificities, and on the enzymatic production of fructans or fructo-oligosaccharides that at later stages may lead to practical applications.
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- author
- Alamäe, Tiina ; Ernits, Karin LU ; Hernández, Lázaro ; Visnapuu, Triinu and Van den Ende, Wim
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Archaea, Bacteria, Catalysis, Crystal structure, Enzymology, Fructans, Fungi, Plants, Protein classification
- host publication
- The Book of Fructans
- pages
- 27 pages
- publisher
- ScienceDirect, Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85160164181
- ISBN
- 9780323854108
- 9780323858083
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-85410-8.00018-1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 6402cde1-5bf7-42bd-a12b-bf7683066497
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-22 14:45:10
- date last changed
- 2024-04-19 01:21:13
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abstract = {{<p>Fructans—fructose-based oligo- or polysaccharides—are de novo synthesized from sucrose by transfructosylating enzymes of microorganisms and plants. Fructan-producing enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase families 32 and 68. Levansucrases, inulosucrases, some invertases, sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyl transferases, fructan:fructan 1-fructosyl transferases, sucrose:fructan 6-fructosyl transferases and β-fructofuranosidases synthesize independently or in cascades a wide variety of fructose-containing saccharides. Fructans from different sources often differ in the linkage between the monosaccharide residues and the degree of polymerization. This chapter reviews the literature on fructan-metabolizing enzymes from bacteria, haloarchaea, yeasts, filamentous fungi, mono- and dicot plants. The focus is mostly on the product spectra of the enzymes, structure-function relationships that determine substrate specificities, and on the enzymatic production of fructans or fructo-oligosaccharides that at later stages may lead to practical applications.</p>}},
author = {{Alamäe, Tiina and Ernits, Karin and Hernández, Lázaro and Visnapuu, Triinu and Van den Ende, Wim}},
booktitle = {{The Book of Fructans}},
isbn = {{9780323854108}},
keywords = {{Archaea; Bacteria; Catalysis; Crystal structure; Enzymology; Fructans; Fungi; Plants; Protein classification}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
pages = {{47--73}},
publisher = {{ScienceDirect, Elsevier}},
title = {{Fructan Enzymes in Microbes and Plants : Structure, Function, and Product Formation}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85410-8.00018-1}},
doi = {{10.1016/B978-0-323-85410-8.00018-1}},
year = {{2023}},
}