Abstract Sucrose synthase (SuSy, EC 2.4. 1.13) is a glycosyltransferase (GT) long known
from plants and more recently discovered in bacteria. The enzyme catalyzes the reversible …

Pectin is one of the three key cell wall polysaccharides in land plants and consists of three
major structural domains: homogalacturonan, rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) and RG-II …

Apiose is a unique branched-chain pentose found in plant glycosides and a key component
of the cell wall polysaccharide pectin and other specialized metabolites. More than 1,200 …

Oligosaccharides, in either free or bound forms, play crucial roles in a wide range of
biological processes. Increasing appreciation of their roles in cellular communication …

UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) is an important enzyme in the metabolism of
UDP-glucose, a precursor for the synthesis of carbohydrate cell wall components, such as …

UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase catalyzes the conversion of various monosaccharide 1-
phosphates to the respective UDP-sugars in the salvage pathway. Using the genomic …

Arabidopsis thaliana glucuronokinase (AtGlcAK) was cloned and shown to be able to use
various uronic acids as substrates to produce the corresponding uronic acid-1-phosphates …

The Leishmania parasite glycocalyx is rich in galactose-containing glycoconjugates that are
synthesized by specific glycosyltransferases that use UDP-galactose as a glycosyl donor …

This chapter summarizes the current status of research on the synthesis, modification,
secretion and assembly of major classes of plant cell wall polymers (cellulose …

Sucrose synthase (SuSy) catalyzes in the presence of a pyrimidine or purine nucleoside
diphosphate (NDP) the conversion of sucrose to the corresponding nucleotide‐activated …