Fructosides are
glycoside
In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive glycoside ...
s where the
glycone group is
fructose
Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorb ...
.
Fructosyl transferases
In enzymology, enzymes that add a fructose group to a molecule are called ''fructosyl-transferases'', ''beta-D-fructofuranosyl transferases'' or ''fructotranferases''. Examples are:
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aldose beta-D-fructosyltransferase
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2,1-fructan:2,1-fructan 1-fructosyltransferase
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6G-fructosyltransferase
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Inulin fructotransferase (DFA-I-forming)
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Inulin fructotransferase (DFA-III-forming)
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Levan fructotransferase (DFA-IV-forming)
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Levansucrase
References
Glycosides by glycone type
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