2.4.1.245: alpha,alpha-trehalose synthase
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Reaction
Synonyms
PH1035, TaTS, TmTreT, trehalose glycosyltransferring synthase, Trehalose synthase, TreT
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Systematic Name
Systematic Name on EC 2.4.1.245 - alpha,alpha-trehalose synthase
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NDP-alpha-D-glucose:D-glucose 1-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase
Requires Mg2+ for maximal activity [1]. The enzyme-catalysed reaction is reversible [1]. In the reverse direction to that shown above, the enzyme is specific for alpha,alpha-trehalose as substrate, as it cannot use alpha- or beta-paranitrophenyl glucosides, maltose, sucrose, lactose or cellobiose [1]. While the enzymes from the thermophilic bacterium Rubrobacter xylanophilus and the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii can use ADP-, UDP- and GDP-alpha-D-glucose to the same extent [2,3], that from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis has a marked preference for ADP-alpha-D-glucose [1] and that from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermoproteus tenax has a marked preference for UDP-alpha-D-glucose [4].