title: Invertase SUC2 Is the key hydrolase for inulin degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Specific Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were recently found to be capable of efficiently utilizing inulin, but genetic mechanisms of inulin hydrolysis in yeast remain unknown. Here we report functional characteristics of invertase SUC2 from strain JZ1C and demonstrate that SUC2 is the key enzyme responsible for inulin metabolism in S. cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
authors.forename: Shi-An
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fu-Li
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007444:Inulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D007444:Inulin; C468437:SUC2 protein, S cerevisiae; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase