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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of trehalose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ferment, obtained from an Aspergillus, which will cause the cleavage of trehalose (a sugar obtained from Syrian manna) into two molecules of dextrose.
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- noun biochemistry A
glycoside hydrolase enzyme thatcatalyzes theconversion oftrehalose toglucose , found in most animals.
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Examples
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Singtripop T, Sakurai S (2008) Dual control of midgut trehalase activity by
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Here, we report the different functions of the two trehalase genes from a lepidopteran insect,
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(C) The transcription levels of target genes and the other trehalase gene were detected.
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The sequences of the two trehalase cDNAs were compared with other trehalase sequences deposited in the GenBank using the
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These further confirmed that expressions of the genes in the chitin biosynthesis pathway are affected by changes in expressions of trehalase genes.
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The first insect trehalase gene, a soluble trehalase gene, was reported in 1992
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The phylogenetic analysis of the trehalases amino acids was conducted using the MEGA3. 1 program to generate a phylogenetic tree (1, the soluble trehalase gene; 2, the membrane-bound trehalase gene) and the robustness of each cluster was verified in 1000 replicates.
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In the midgut, the two trehalase genes were expressed in different locations.
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Each point represents the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments with all effective individuals for target gene detection and with three effective individuals for the other trehalase gene detection.
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Effects of trehalose injection on expressions of key genes in the chitin biosynthesis pathway In addition to the down-regulation of trehalase expression, an examination of an indirect up-regulation of trehalases by the injection of trehalose was conducted.
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