- Source: Sucrose:sucrose fructosyltransferase
In enzymology, a sucrose:sucrose fructosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.99) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
2 sucrose
⇌
{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
D-glucose + beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, sucrose, but 2 products: D-glucose and beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is sucrose:sucrose 1'-beta-D-fructosyltransferase. Other names in common use include SST, sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase, sucrose-sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase, sucrose 1F-fructosyltransferase, and sucrose:sucrose 1F-beta-D-fructosyltransferase.
References
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CJ, Boller T, Wiemken A (2000). "Cloning and functional analysis of sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase from tall fescue". Plant Physiol. 124 (3): 1217–28. doi:10.1104/pp.124.3.1217. PMC 59220. PMID 11080298.