... compilation ª 2010 FEBS Kinetics of dextran-independent a-(1 fi 3)-glucan synthesis by Streptococcus sobrinus glucosyltransferase I Hideyuki Komatsu1, Yoshie Abe1, Kazuyuki Eguchi1, Hideki ... of nigerooligosaccharides.Efficient glucan synthesis, such that the accumulation of intermediate nigerooligosaccharides (DP = 2)6) isminimized, is explainable by the single-chain mecha-nism, ... glucan synthesis with minimal accumulation of intermediatenigerooligosaccharides is not achieved by continuous(or processive) elongation; it is, rather, achieved mainlythrough the enzymatic kinetic...