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Trehalose in yeast, stress protectant rather than reserve carbohydrate

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Trehalose and glycogen are generally regarded as the two main reserve carbohydrates in yeast. However, several lines of evidence suggest that trehalose does not primarily function as a reserve but as a highly efficient protecting agent to maintain strutural integrity of the cytoplasm under environmental stress conditions.

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Wiemken, A. Trehalose in yeast, stress protectant rather than reserve carbohydrate. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 58, 209–217 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548935

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