Fungal enzyme sets for plant polysaccharide degradation

J van den Brink, RP de Vries - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Enzymatic degradation of plant polysaccharides has many industrial applications, such as
within the paper, food, and feed industry and for sustainable production of fuels and …

Structure and function of microbial α-l-fucosidases: a mini review

H Wu, CD Owen, N Juge - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Fucose is a monosaccharide commonly found in mammalian, insect, microbial and plant
glycans. The removal of terminal α-l-fucosyl residues from oligosaccharides and …

How the walls come crumbling down: recent structural biochemistry of plant polysaccharide degradation

HJ Gilbert, H Stålbrand, H Brumer - Current opinion in plant biology, 2008 - Elsevier
The recent years have witnessed considerable developments in the interpretation of the
three-dimensional structures of plant polysaccharide-degrading enzymes in the context of …

Substrate specificity and transfucosylation activity of GH29 α-L-fucosidases for enzymatic production of human milk oligosaccharides

B Zeuner, J Muschiol, J Holck, M Lezyk, MR Gedde… - New biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) constitute a unique family of bioactive lactose-based
molecules present in human breast milk. HMOs are of major importance for infant health and …

Novel α-L-fucosidases from a soil metagenome for production of fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides

M Lezyk, C Jers, L Kjaerulff, CH Gotfredsen… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
This paper describes the discovery of novel α-L-fucosidases and evaluation of their potential
to catalyse the transglycosylation reaction leading to production of fucosylated human milk …

A complex gene locus enables xyloglucan utilization in the model saprophyte Cellvibrio japonicus

J Larsbrink, AJ Thompson, M Lundqvist… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The degradation of plant biomass by saprophytes is an ecologically important part of the
global carbon cycle, which has also inspired a vast diversity of industrial enzyme …

The role of cell wall degrading enzymes in pathogenesis of Magnaporthe oryzae

NB Quoc, NN Bao Chau - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
The plant cell wall is always the physical barrier in which phytopathogenic fungi must
overcome by producing an array of cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) that allow them to …

Evolution of xyloglucan-related genes in green plants

LEV Del Bem, MGA Vincentz - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 - Springer
Background The cell shape and morphology of plant tissues are intimately related to
structural modifications in the primary cell wall that are associated with key processes in the …

Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update for 2007–2008

DJ Harvey - Mass spectrometry reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review is the fifth update of the original review, published in 1999, on the application of
MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings …

Adaptation of Syntenic Xyloglucan Utilization Loci of Human Gut Bacteroidetes to Polysaccharide Side Chain Diversity

G Déjean, AS Tauzin, SW Bennett… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genome sequencing has revealed substantial variation in the predicted abilities of
individual species within animal gut microbiota to metabolize the complex carbohydrates …