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ON the basis of results from photosynthetic experiments with 14CO2, Buchanan et al.1 first suggested that uridine diphosphate D-glucose (UDPG) is the immediate precursor of sucrose in green plants. Later, Leloir and co-workers2 and others3 demonstrated that extracts from wheat germ, peas, sugar beets, and other plants contain enzymes capable of catalysing the synthesis of sucrose from UDP-D-glucose by two similar reactions: 
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FRYDMAN, R., HASSID, W. Biosynthesis of Sucrose with Sugar Cane Leaf Preparations. Nature 199, 382–383 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199382a0
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