Transfructosidase from Agave vera cruz Mill.

The nature and distribution of carbohydrates in
Agave vera cruz have been reported on by Srinivasan
& Bhatia (1953, 1954a). The isolation and properties
of an enzyme present in the stem of this
plant, capable of building glucofructosans from
sucrose, are described in this paper. So far, the
only other plant sources shown to contain such
an enzyme are Jerusalem artichoke (Edelman &
Bacon, 1950, 1951; Dedonder, 1952) and Polianthes
tuberosa (Bhatia & Srinivasan, 1954), the latter yet
another glucofructosan-bearing material (Srinivasan
8:: Bhatia, 1954b).