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===Usage and Biology===

The sps gene is native to the Synechococcus sp, and the sps catalyzed reaction is the rate limiting step in sucrose biosynthesis in cyanobacteria [1]. It catalyzes the rate-limiting conversion of uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-Glu) and fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) into sucrose 6-phosphate (S6P) in the sucrose synthesis pathway. In Synechococcus elongatus 2973, the sps enzyme has both sucrose-phosphate synthase and sucrose-phosphate phosphatase activities [2].

[[File:T--IISER-Pune-India--sps-spp.jpg|thumb|300x370px|centre|Metabolic pathway of sucrose biosynthesis in Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973. Figure adapted from: Lin, Po-Cheng, Fuzhong Zhang, and Himadri B. Pakrasi. "Enhanced production of sucrose in the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973." Scientific reports 10.1 (2020): 1-8.]]

===References===

1: Du, Wei, et al. "Exploring the photosynthetic production capacity of sucrose by cyanobacteria." Metabolic engineering 19 (2013): 17-25.

2: Lin, Po-Cheng, Fuzhong Zhang, and Himadri B. Pakrasi. "Enhanced production of sucrose in the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973." Scientific reports 10.1 (2020): 1-8.


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