Kestose
Kestose is a class of sugars that belongs to a group of fructooligosaccharides. Chemical properties Kestoses are typical fructooligosaccharides, and in its structure, one fructose molecule is combined with sucrose to form a trisaccharide. In the 1-kestose type, the fructose molecule will be connected to sucrose by a (1→2β) glycosidic bond. Different types of kestoses have different lengths of subunits in the chain, for example, 6-kestose has from 10 to 200 fructose residues and is also called levan type fructooligosaccharide. Also, 1-kestose has less than 50 fructose residues in the chain and is also called inulin type fructooligosaccharide. Kestoses are categorized based on their structure into 3 main groups: 1-kestose, 6-kestose, neokestose. The most common of them is 1-kestose which is found in many plants. Biosynthesis According to the conditions of the plant cell, kestose biosynthesis occurs in the vacuole. The precursor molecule of kestose is sucrose. The sucrose ...
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