Evidence for Light and Tissue Specific Regulation of Genes Involved in Fructan Metabolism in Agave tequilana [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Plant Glycoside Hydrolase Family 32 (PGHF32) contains the fructosyltransferases and fructan exohydrolase enzymes responsible for fructan metabolism, in addition to closely related vacuolar and cell wall acid invertases.
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Plant fructans: Recent advances in metabolism, evolution aspects and applications for human health [PDF]
Current Research in Food Science, 2023 Fructans, fructose polymers, are one of the three major reserve carbohydrate in plants. The nutritional and therapeutic benefits of natural fructans in plants have attracted increasing interest by consumers and food industry.
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Molecular and functional characterization of novel fructosyltransferases and invertases from Agave tequilana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fructans are the main storage polysaccharides found in Agave species. The synthesis of these complex carbohydrates relies on the activities of specific fructosyltransferase enzymes closely related to the hydrolytic invertases. Analysis of Agave tequilana
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Fructan metabolism and changes in fructan composition during cold acclimation in perennial ryegrass [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) produces high levels of fructans as a mixture of oligomers with different degrees of polymerization (DP). The present study describes the analysis of the compositional changes in the full spectrum of fructan ...
Shamila Weerakoon Abeynayake +6 more
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Oligosaccharides production from coprophilous fungi: An emerging functional food with potential health-promoting properties [PDF]
Biotechnology Reports, 2022 Functional foods are essential food products that possess health-promoting properties for the treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, they provide energy and nutrients, which are required for growth and survival.
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Fermentation by Probiotic Lactobacillus gasseri Strains Enhances the Carotenoid and Fibre Contents of Carrot Juice [PDF]
Foods, 2020 Carrot juice (straight, 8.5 Brix and concentrated, 15.2 Brix) was fermented by lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus gasseri strain DSM 20604 or DSM 20077). Fermentation enhanced the nutritional profile of carrot juice. There was a greater sugar reduction (
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Recent developments in the production of prebiotic fructooligosaccharides using fungal fructosyltransferases [PDF]
MycologyPrebiotic nutritional ingredients have received attention due to their health-promoting potential and related uses in the food and nutraceutical industries.
Hemant Kumar Rawat +3 more
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Physiological studies of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-1149 during cultivation on glucose and fructose media [PDF]
Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology, 2012 Glycosyltransferases are extracellular and cell-associated sucrase enzymes produced mainly by lactic acid bacteria Leuconostoc mesenteroides, oral Streptococcus species and also Lactobacillus species.
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Inhibitory effect of natural flavone luteolin on Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Streptococcus mutans is one of the key pathogens responsible for dental caries, which is known to be one of the most prevalent biofilm-associated diseases worldwide. S.
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Fructosyltransferases in plants: Structure, function and application: A review
Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023 Fructosyltransferases (FTs) are an important group of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of fructans in some plants and in a large number of microorganisms.
Ruth E. Márquez-López +4 more
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