Literature summary extracted from

Wenham, D.G.; Davies, R.M.; Cole, J.A.
Insoluble glucan synthesis by mutansucrase as a determinant of the cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans (1981), J. Gen. Microbiol., 127, 407-415 .

Localization

EC Number	Localization	Comment	Organism	GeneOntology No.	Textmining
2.4.1.372	extracellular	-	Streptococcus mutans	-	-

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
2.4.1.372	Streptococcus mutans	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
2.4.1.372	sucrose + [(1->3)-alpha-D-glucosyl]n	-	Streptococcus mutans	D-fructose + [(1->3)-alpha-D-glucosyl]n+1	-	?

General Information

EC Number	General Information	Comment	Organism
2.4.1.372	physiological function	enzyme produces insoluble glucan. Strains of Streptococcus mutans with a high mutansucrase activity are significantly more cariogenic than those which secrete little mutansucrase activity	Streptococcus mutans

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Release 2023.1 (January 2023)