| Literature DB >> 11750822 |
S A van Hijum1, K Bonting, M J van der Maarel, L Dijkhuizen.
Abstract
Fructosyltransferase (FTF) enzymes have been characterized from various Gram-positive bacteria, but not from Lactobacillus sp. In a screening of 182 lactobacilli for polysaccharide production only one strain, Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121, was found to produce a fructan being a levan. Here we report the first-time identification and biochemical characterization of a Lactobacillus FTF enzyme. When incubated with sucrose the enzyme produced a levan that is identical to that produced by Lb. reuteri strain 121 cells.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11750822 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(01)00490-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett ISSN: 0378-1097 Impact factor: 2.742