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Schematic showing the two-step synthesis of trehalose.

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posted on 2014-07-03, 02:57 authored by Jeremiah D. Farelli, Brendan D. Galvin, Zhiru Li, Chunliang Liu, Miyuki Aono, Megan Garland, Olivia E. Hallett, Thomas B. Causey, Alana Ali-Reynolds, Daniel J. Saltzberg, Clotilde K. S. Carlow, Debra Dunaway-Mariano, Karen N. Allen

Trehalose is made in a two-step process catalyzed by trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (T6PP).

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