Structural characterisation of nucleotide sugar short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases from the thermophilic pseudomurein-containing methanogen Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ΔH. [PDF]
Nucleotide sugar short‐chain dehydrogenases/reductases (NS‐SDRs) are involved in pseudomurein and capsular polysaccharide formation in methanogenic Archaea. Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus possesses several NS‐SDRs labelled Mth375, Mth380, Mth373, Mth631 and Mth1789.
Carbone V +4 more
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Expanding the enzyme repertoire for sugar nucleotide epimerization : the CDP-tyvelose 2-epimerase from Thermodesulfatator atlanticus for glucose/mannose interconversion [PDF]
Epimerization of sugar nucleotides is central to the structural diversification of monosaccharide building blocks for cellular biosynthesis. Epimerase applicability to carbohydrate synthesis can be limited, however, by the high degree of substrate ...
Beerens, Koen +5 more
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Ruminococcus albus is a typical ruminal bacterium digesting cellulose and hemicellulose. Cellobiose 2-epimerase (CE; EC 5.1.3.11), which converts cellobiose to 4-O-β-D-glucosyl-D-mannose, is a particularly unique enzyme in R. albus, but its physiological function is unclear.
Kawahara, Ryosuke +6 more
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Characterization of the first bacterial and thermostable GDP-mannose 3,5-epimerase [PDF]
GDP-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GM35E) catalyzes the conversion of GDP-mannose towards GDP-L-galactose and GDP-L-gulose. Although this reaction represents one of the few enzymatic routes towards the production of L-sugars and derivatives, it has not yet been ...
Beerens, Koen +3 more
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Structural Insights into the Epimerization of β-1,4-Linked Oligosaccharides Catalyzed by Cellobiose 2-Epimerase, the Sole Enzyme Epimerizing Non-anomeric Hydroxyl Groups of Unmodified Sugars [PDF]
Cellobiose 2-epimerase (CE) reversibly converts d-glucose residues into d-mannose residues at the reducing end of unmodified β1,4-linked oligosaccharides, including β-1,4-mannobiose, cellobiose, and lactose.
Fujiwara, Takaaki +4 more
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Structural and biochemical characterization of the exopolysaccharide deacetylase Agd3 required for Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation [PDF]
The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) is an important virulence factor of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Deletion of a gene encoding a putative deacetylase, Agd3, leads to defects in GAG deacetylation, biofilm formation, and ...
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Detecting Elusive Intermediates in Carbohydrate Conversion: A Dynamic Ensemble of Acyclic Glucose-Catalyst Complexes [PDF]
The role of acyclic carbohydrates in pathways towards value-added chemicals has remained poorly characterized due to the low population of acyclic forms, and due to their instability under reaction conditions. We conduct steady-state and pre-steady state
Meier, Sebastian +2 more
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The Fungal Cell Wall : Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function [PDF]
N.G. is funded by the Wellcome Trust via a senior investigator award and a strategic award and by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. C.M. acknowledges the support of the Wellcome Trust and the MRC. N.G. and C.M.
Aimanianda +215 more
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Seaweed Hydrocolloid Production: An Update on Enzyme Assisted Extraction and Modification Technologies [PDF]
Agar, alginate, and carrageenans are high-value seaweed hydrocolloids, which are used as gelation and thickening agents in different food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological applications.
Ale, Marcel Tutor +2 more
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Diversity and function of phage encoded depolymerases [PDF]
Bacteriophages of the Podoviridae family often exhibit so-called depolymerases as structural components of the virion. These enzymes appear as tail spike proteins (TSPs).
Fieseler, Lars +2 more
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