This document summarizes the biosynthesis of two disaccharides: sucrose and lactose. Sucrose is synthesized in the cytosol from triose phosphates generated in the Calvin cycle in chloroplasts. Triose phosphates are converted to sucrose through a series of enzymatic reactions involving fructose and glucose intermediates. Lactose is synthesized within the lumen of the Golgi apparatus in mammary gland cells. Glucose and galactose are converted to their nucleotide sugar forms and transported into the Golgi lumen where the lactose synthase enzyme complex catalyzes the formation of lactose from glucose and galactose.