Fructans are soluble carbohydrates with health benefits and possible roles in plant
adaptation. Fructan biosynthetic genes were isolated using comparative genomics and …

Fructan is not only a carbon source for storage but also plays an important role as anti-stress
agents in many plant species. Complex fructans having both β-(2, 1)-and β-(2, 6)-linked …

Background Fructans are water-soluble carbohydrates that accumulate in wheat and are
thought to contribute to a pool of stored carbon reserves used in grain filling and tolerance to …

We isolated two cDNAs of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), designated wft1 and wft2,
which encoded sucrose: fructan 6-fructosyltransferase (6-SFT) and sucrose: sucrose 1 …

We profiled the grain oligosaccharide content of 154 two-row spring barley genotypes and
quantified 27 compounds, mainly inulin-and neoseries-type fructans, showing differential …

Fructans are soluble fructosyl‐oligosaccharides deposited in many cool‐season grass
species as a carbon reserve; they are synthesised by fructosyltransferases. In wheat and …

We previously reported the cloning of a wheat sucrose: sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-
SST) cDNA, designated wft2. Wft2 proteins have fructosyltransferase enzyme activity and …

Fructans are a class of major storage compounds in many plants including several
economically important cereals. Earlier we characterized and cloned the sucrose: fructan 6 …

Lolium perenne cultivars with elevated levels of fructans in leaf blades (high sugar-content
grasses) have been developed to improve animal nutrition and reduce adverse …

We have a long-standing interest in the fructosyltransferases (FTs) of barley, and in
particular in sucrose: fructan 6-fructosyltransferase (6-SFT) and sucrose: sucrose 1 …