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Uridine diphosphate-sugar metabolism by sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) cambial tissue
✍ Scribed by D. Boothby
- Book ID
- 104750250
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 462 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-0935
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✦ Synopsis
Extracts of sycamore cambial tissue convert UDP-glucose into UDP-glucuronic acid, and the latter into UDP-xylose and UDP-rhamnose. None of the corresponding galactose series of monosaccharides was formed indicating the absence of epimerases, postulated as an important feature of differentiation. UDP-glucose is formed in greater quantities than any of its nucleoside analogues and it is suggested that UDP-glucose plays a more important role in carbohydrate metabolism in this tissue.