FIGURE 14.15
Trehalose Synthetic
and Degradative
Pathways
Two enzymatic reactions
make trehalose. First,
trehalose phosphate
synthetase converts UDPglucose
plus glucose
6-phosphate into trehalose
6-phosphate. Next,
trehalose-6-phosphate
phosphatase removes
the phosphate to make
trehalose. Trehalose may
be broken down into to
glucose by trehalase.