Structural and functional insights into Uly1040, an ulvan lyase from polysaccharide lyase family 40 [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyUlvan is a major polysaccharide in marine green algae. Its oligosaccharide degradation products possess diverse bioactivities and hold considerable potential for various applications.
Hou-Qi Wang +9 more
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Unraveling the molecular mechanism of polysaccharide lyases for efficient alginate degradation [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAlginate lyases (ALs) catalyze the depolymerization of brown macroalgae alginates, widely used naturally occurring polysaccharides. Their molecular reaction mechanism remains elusive due to the lack of catalytically competent Michaelis-Menten-like ...
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Biocatalytic ulvan degradation by Pseudoalteromonas marina: exploring a marine polysaccharide bioconversion system [PDF]
Microbial Cell FactoriesUlvan depolymerization by marine bacteria is a specialized metabolic capability with significant implications for marine carbon cycling and biotechnological applications. While ulvan degradation systems have been extensively characterized in Bacteroidota,
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A twin xanthan lyase-dependent xanthan degradation system in Paenibacillus taichungensis I5 [PDF]
Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyXanthan gum, a natural heteropolysaccharide produced by Xanthomonas species, has many biotechnological applications across industries due to its unique rheological properties.
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A novel exo-lytic and disaccharide-yielding glycosaminoglycan lyase from a marine-derived polysaccharide-degrading actinobacterium Microbacterium sp. strain WS15 [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionGlycosaminoglycan (GAG) lyases play key roles in preparing oligosaccharides, treating human diseases, and learning relationships between complex structures and various functions of carbohydrates.
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Characterization of Alginate Utilization Strategy in a Novel Marine Bacteroidetes: Insights from Roseihalotalea indica gen. nov. sp. nov. TK19036T [PDF]
Marine DrugsAlginate, a major polysaccharide in brown algae, is vital for the carbon cycling of the ocean ecosystem and holds promise for biotechnological applications. Marine Bacteroidetes, known for the ability to degrade complex polysaccharides, play an important
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Genes for degradation and utilization of uronic acid-containing polysaccharides of a marine bacterium Catenovulum sp. CCB-QB4 [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Oligosaccharides from polysaccharides containing uronic acids are known to have many useful bioactivities. Thus, polysaccharide lyases (PLs) and glycoside hydrolases (GHs) involved in producing the oligosaccharides have attracted interest in ...
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 Alginate is an anionic polysaccharide abundantly present in the cell walls of brown macroalgae. The enzymatic depolymerization is performed solely by alginate lyases (EC 4.2.2.x), categorized as polysaccharide lyases (PLs) belonging to 12 different PL ...
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Functional Exploration of the Polysaccharide Lyase Family PL6. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Alginate, the main cell-wall polysaccharide of brown algae, is composed of two residues: mannuronic acid (M-residues) and, its C5-epimer, guluronic acid (G-residues).
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) are an important characteristic of bacteria in marine systems. We herein describe the CAZymes of Paenibacillus algicola HB172198T, a novel type species isolated from brown algae in Qishui Bay, Hainan, China.
Huiqin Huang +7 more
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