Table 3 Up-regulated enzymes involved in starch and sucrose metabolism
From: Transcriptomic profiles of Dunaliella salina in response to hypersaline stress
Enzyme code | Name | Reaction |
|---|---|---|
Polysaccharide degradation | ||
 2.4.1.1 | Glycogen phosphorylase | [(1- > 4)-alpha-D-glucosyl] n + phosphate = [(1- > 4)-alpha-D-glucosyl]n-1 + alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate |
 3.2.1.1 | alpha-amylase | Starch + H2O < => Dextrin + Starch |
 3.2.1.2 | beta-amylase | Starch <= > Dextrin + Maltose |
Disaccharide degradation | ||
 3.2.1.26 | beta-fructofuranosidase | Sucrose + H2O < => D-Fructose + D-Glucose |
 2.4.1.25 | 4-alpha-glucanotransferase | Amylose + n D-Glucose <= > n Maltose |
Others | ||
 2.4.1.15 | trehalose 6-phosphate synthase | UDP-glucose + D-Glucose 6-phosphate <= > UDP + alpha,alpha’-Trehalose 6-phosphate |
 3.1.3.12 | trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase | alpha,alpha’-Trehalose 6-phosphate + H2O < => alpha,alpha-Trehalose + Orthophosphate |