NOVEL BIFUNCTIONAL TREHALOSE SYNTHASE

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel, non-chimeric bifunctional trehalose synthase, comprising both trehalose-6-phophate synthase as well as trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase activity, as well as to the gene encoding this bifunctional enzyme. The invention relates further to the use of this gene and/or enzyme to increase trehalose accumulation in organisms, especially in bacteria and plants which show no or insufficient trehalose accumulation as wild type.