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Inhibition of Glucosyltransferase Activity and Glucan Production as an Antibiofilm Mechanism of Lemongrass Essential Oil against Escherichia coli O157:H7

Antibiotics, 2020
The resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to disinfection is associated with its ability to form biofilms, mainly constituted by glucans produced by glucosyltransferases.
Luis A. Ortega-Ramirez, M. Melissa Gutiérrez-Pacheco, Irasema Vargas-Arispuro, Gustavo A. González-Aguilar, Miguel A. Martínez-Téllez, J. Fernando Ayala-Zavala   +5 more
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A collagen glucosyltransferase drives lung adenocarcinoma progression in mice

Communications Biology, 2021
Guo et al. determine the molecular basis of collagen lysyl hydroxylase 2 (LH2) substrate specificity. They further show that LH2 also functions as a collagen glucosyltransferase to promote lung cancer progression.
Hou-Fu Guo, Neus Bota-Rabassedas, Masahiko Terajima, B. Leticia Rodriguez, Don L. Gibbons, Yulong Chen, Priyam Banerjee, Chi-Lin Tsai, Xiaochao Tan, Xin Liu, Jiang Yu, Michal Tokmina-Roszyk, Roma Stawikowska, Gregg B. Fields, Mitchell D. Miller, Xiaoyan Wang, Juhoon Lee, Kevin N. Dalby, Chad J. Creighton, George N. Phillips, John A. Tainer, Mitsuo Yamauchi, Jonathan M. Kurie   +22 more
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The Binary Toxin CDT of Clostridium difficile as a Tool for Intracellular Delivery of Bacterial Glucosyltransferase Domains

Toxins, 2018
Binary toxins are produced by several pathogenic bacteria. Examples are the C2 toxin from Clostridium botulinum, the iota toxin from Clostridium perfringens, and the CDT from Clostridium difficile.
Lara-Antonia Beer, Helma Tatge, Carmen Schneider, Maximilian Ruschig, Michael Hust, Jessica Barton, Stefan Thiemann, Viola Fühner, Giulio Russo, Ralf Gerhard   +9 more
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UDP-glucosyltransferase OsUGT75A promotes submergence tolerance during rice seed germination

Nature Communications, 2023
Elongated coleoptile contributes submergence tolerance during germination of direct seeded rice. Here, the authors show that natural variation of rice coleoptile length is determined by the glycosyltransferase encoding gene OsUGT75A by reducing free ABA ...
Yongqi He, Shan Sun, Jia Zhao, Zhibo Huang, Liling Peng, Chengwei Huang, Zhengbin Tang, Qianqian Huang, Zhoufei Wang   +8 more
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UDP-glucosyltransferase regulates grain size and abiotic stress tolerance associated with metabolic flux redirection in rice

Nature Communications, 2020
Grain size is an important component trait of grain yield, which is frequently threatened by abiotic stress. However, little is known about how grain yield and abiotic stress tolerance are regulated.
Nai-Qian Dong, Yuwei Sun, Tao Guo, Chuan-Lin Shi, Yi-Min Zhang, Yi Kan, You-Huang Xiang, Hai Zhang, Yi-Bing Yang, Ya-Chao Li, Huai-Yu Zhao, Hong Yu, Zi-Qi Lu, Yong Wang, Wang-Wei Ye, Jun-Xiang Shan, Hong-Xuan Lin   +16 more
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Role of glucosyltransferase R in biofilm interactions between Streptococcus oralis and Candida albicans

The ISME Journal, 2020
Streptococcal glucosyltransferases (Gtf) synthesize α-glucan exopolymers which contribute to biofilm matrix. Streptococcus oralis interacts with the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans to form hypervirulent biofilms. S.
J. G. Souza, J. G. Souza, M. Bertolini, A. Thompson, Jillian M. Mansfield, André A. Grassmann, K. Maas, M. Caimano, V. Barão, M. Vickerman, A. Dongari-Bagtzoglou   +10 more
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The glucosyltransferase activity of C. difficile Toxin B is required for disease pathogenesis

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
Enzymatic inactivation of Rho-family GTPases by the glucosyltransferase domain of Clostridioides difficile Toxin B (TcdB) gives rise to various pathogenic effects in cells that are classically thought to be responsible for the disease symptoms associated
T. Bilverstone, Megan C. Garland, R. Cave, M. Kelly, Martina Tholen, D. Bouley, Philip Kaye, N. Minton, M. Bogyo, S. Kuehne, R. Melnyk   +10 more
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Versatile biotechnological applications of amylosucrase, a novel glucosyltransferase

Food Science and Biotechnology, 2020
Amylosucrase (AS; EC 2.4.1.4) is an enzyme that has great potential in the biotechnology and food industries, due to its multifunctional enzyme activities.
D. Seo, S. Yoo, S. Choi, Young-Rok Kim, Cheon-Seok Park   +4 more
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Sesquiterpene glucosylation mediated by glucosyltransferase UGT91Q2 is involved in the modulation of cold stress tolerance in tea plants.

New Phytologist, 2019
Plants produce and emit terpenes, including sesquiterpenes, during growth and development, which serve different functions in plants. The sesquiterpene nerolidol has health-promoting properties and adds a floral scent to plants.
Mingyue Zhao, N. Zhang, Ting Gao, Jieyang Jin, Tingting Jing, Jingming Wang, Yi Wu, Xiaochun Wan, W. Schwab, Chuankui Song   +9 more
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Streptococcus mutans biofilm inhibition using antisense oligonucleotide to glucosyltransferases B and C

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2015
Background. Biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans bacteria on teeth leads to dental caries, which still remains one of the most prevalent human diseases strongly related to increase of dietary sucrose consumption in modern society.
Povilas Kalesinskas, Tomas Kačergius, Arvydas Ambrozaitis, Ryo Jimbo, Dan Ericson   +4 more
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