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Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling
Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide formed by two glucose molecules. It is widely distributed in Nature and has been isolated from certain species of bacteria, fungi, invertebrates and plants, which are capable of surviving in a dehydrated state for months or years and subsequently being revive...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19865519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093793 |
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author | Iturriaga, Gabriel Suárez, Ramón Nova-Franco, Barbara |
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description | Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide formed by two glucose molecules. It is widely distributed in Nature and has been isolated from certain species of bacteria, fungi, invertebrates and plants, which are capable of surviving in a dehydrated state for months or years and subsequently being revived after a few hours of being in contact with water. This disaccharide has many biotechnological applications, as its physicochemical properties allow it to be used to preserve foods, enzymes, vaccines, cells etc., in a dehydrated state at room temperature. One of the most striking findings a decade ago was the discovery of the genes involved in trehalose biosynthesis, present in a great number of organisms that do not accumulate trehalose to significant levels. In plants, this disaccharide has diverse functions and plays an essential role in various stages of development, for example in the formation of the embryo and in flowering. Trehalose also appears to be involved in the regulation of carbon metabolism and photosynthesis. Recently it has been discovered that this sugar plays an important role in plant-microorganism interactions. |
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spelling | pubmed-27691602009-10-28 Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling Iturriaga, Gabriel Suárez, Ramón Nova-Franco, Barbara Int J Mol Sci Review Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide formed by two glucose molecules. It is widely distributed in Nature and has been isolated from certain species of bacteria, fungi, invertebrates and plants, which are capable of surviving in a dehydrated state for months or years and subsequently being revived after a few hours of being in contact with water. This disaccharide has many biotechnological applications, as its physicochemical properties allow it to be used to preserve foods, enzymes, vaccines, cells etc., in a dehydrated state at room temperature. One of the most striking findings a decade ago was the discovery of the genes involved in trehalose biosynthesis, present in a great number of organisms that do not accumulate trehalose to significant levels. In plants, this disaccharide has diverse functions and plays an essential role in various stages of development, for example in the formation of the embryo and in flowering. Trehalose also appears to be involved in the regulation of carbon metabolism and photosynthesis. Recently it has been discovered that this sugar plays an important role in plant-microorganism interactions. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2769160/ /pubmed/19865519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093793 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Iturriaga, Gabriel Suárez, Ramón Nova-Franco, Barbara Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title | Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title_full | Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title_fullStr | Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title_full_unstemmed | Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title_short | Trehalose Metabolism: From Osmoprotection to Signaling |
title_sort | trehalose metabolism: from osmoprotection to signaling |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19865519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093793 |
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