Enzyme specificity in galactomannan bios
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J. S. Grant Reid; Mary Edwards; Michael J. Gidley; Allan H. Clark
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Article
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1995
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Membrane-bound enzymes from developing legume-seed endosperms catalyse galactomannan biosynthesis in vitro from GDP-mannose and UDPgalactose. A mannosyltransferase [mannan synthase] catalyses the extension of the linear (l~4)-~-linked Dmannan backbone towards the non-reducing end. A specific ~-galac