The enzymes from members of the Rhizobiaceae family (such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens) act on disaccharides that contain a glucose moiety at the non-reducing end, such as sucrose, trehalose, leucrose, palatinose, trehalulose, and maltitol, forming the respective 3'-keto derivatives. cf. EC 1.1.2.11, glucoside 3-dehydrogenase (cytochrome c).
Ampomah OY, Avetisyan A, Hansen E, Svenson J, Huser T, Jensen JB, Bhuvaneswari TV.
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The thuEFGKAB operon of rhizobia and agrobacterium tumefaciens codes for transport of trehalose, maltitol, and isomers of sucrose and their assimilation through the formation of their 3-keto derivatives.