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The cell-associated beta-D-fructosyltransferase of Streptococcus saliv
arius, which is devoid of the cell wall anchoring motif, LPXTG, is rel
eased on exposure to its substrate, sucrose. Deletions within the C te
rminus of the enzyme im plicated both the hydrophobic a nd the proline
-glycine-serine-threonine-rich wall-associated domain in stabilizing t
he enzyme on the cell surface.