Tsusaki K, Nishimoto T, Nakada T, Kubota M, Chaen H, Sugimoto T, Kurimoto M
Amase Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Okayama, Japan.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1996 May 21;1290(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/0304-4165(96)00023-2.
The gene encoding trehalose synthase (catalyzing the conversion of maltose into alpha, alpha-trehalose by intramolecular transglucosylation) was cloned from Pimelobacter sp. R48. Sequence analysis revealed a 1719-bp synthase gene and a 573-residue amino-acid sequence. The 220 N-terminal residues were homologous to those of maltases from Saccharomyces carlsbergensis and Aedes aegypti.