sucrose-phosphate synthase

Requires Mg2+ or Mn2+ for maximal activity. The enzyme from Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is not specific for UDP-glucose as it can use ADP-glucose and, to a lesser extent, GDP-glucose as substrates. The enzyme from rice leaves is activated by glucose 6-phosphate but that from cyanobacterial species is not. While the reaction catalysed by this enzyme is reversible, the enzyme usually works in concert with EC 3.1.3.24, sucrose-phosphate phosphatase, to form sucrose, making the above reaction essentially irreversible. The F in sucrose 6F-phosphate is used to indicate that the fructose residue of sucrose carries the substituent.

• Supplier: Creative Enzymes
• Product #: EXWM-2365
• CAS: 2604333.0