Sequence-Based and Functional Analysis for the Discovery of N-Glycan Degrading Glycosidases From the Microbial Metagenome of the Infant Gut. [PDF]
MicrobiologyopenThis research offers valuable understanding of how N‐glycans are broken down by the gut microbiota of infants, focusing on glycoside hydrolase families GH2, GH20, and GH18. It reveals that the gut microbiota of breastfed infants has a diverse array of genes coding for these enzymes.
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AMB Express, 2021 Carbohydrate-Active enZYme (CAZY) GH89 family enzymes catalyze the cleavage of terminal α-N-acetylglucosamine from glycans and glycoconjugates. Although structurally and mechanistically similar to the human lysosomal α-N-acetylglucosaminidase (hNAGLU) in
Xiaohong Yang +8 more
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The use of amino sugars by Bacillus subtilis: presence of a unique operon for the catabolism of glucosamine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 B. subtilis grows more rapidly using the amino sugar glucosamine as carbon source, than with N-acetylglucosamine. Genes for the transport and metabolism of N-acetylglucosamine (nagP and nagAB) are found in all the sequenced Bacilli (except Anoxybacillus ...
Isabelle Gaugué +3 more
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Crystal Structure of N-Acetylglucosamine [PDF]
Nature, 1964 THE crystal structure of N-acetylglucosamme, C8H15O6N, has been investigated in connexion with the work on lysozyme proceeding in this laboratory1. Salton2 and others have shown that N-acetylglucosamine is a basic constituent of the bacterial cell walls of Micrococcus lysodeikticus, the most commonly used substrate of lysozyme (muramidase), and Wenzel ...
L N, JOHNSON, D C, PHILLIPS
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A simple and rapid method for measuring α-D-phosphohexomutases activity by using anion-exchange chromatography coupled with an electrochemical detector [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The interconversion of hexose-6-phosphate and hexose-1-phosphate can be directly analyzed by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography coupled with an electrochemical detector (HPAEC-PAD). Thus, this method can be used to measure the activities of N-
Xiaochen Jia, Jian Kang, Heng Yin
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2008 Background In human and rodents, sperm-zona pellucida binding is mediated by a sperm surface Galactosyltransferase that recognizes N-Acetylglucosamine residues on a glycoprotein ZPC. In large domestic mammals, the role of these molecules remains unclear:
Magistrini Michèle +5 more
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N-acetylglucosamine kinase, HXK1 is involved in morphogenetic transition and metabolic gene expression in Candida albicans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Candida albicans, a common fungal pathogen which diverged from the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has the unique ability to utilise N-acetylglucosamine, an amino sugar and exhibits phenotypic differences.
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URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1953 Blanco y ...
Cabib, Enrico +2 more
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Water in crystalline fibers of dihydrate β-chitin results in unexpected absence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The complete crystal structure (including hydrogen) of dihydrate β-chitin, a homopolymer of N-acetylglucosamine hydrate, was determined using high-resolution X-ray and neutron fiber diffraction data collected from bathophilous tubeworm Lamellibrachia ...
Daisuke Sawada +5 more
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Molecular Characterization of the N-Acetylglucosamine Catabolic Genes in Candida africana, a Natural N-Acetylglucosamine Kinase (HXK1) Mutant. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:In this study we report the genetic characterization, including expression analysis, of the genes involved in the uptake (NGT1) and catabolism (HXK1/NAG5, DAC1/NAG2, NAG1) of the aminosugar N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) in Candida africana, a ...
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