The enzymic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides is one of the most important
reactions on earth. Despite this, glycoside hydrolases attack such polysaccharides relatively …

Hemicellulases are a diverse group of enzymes that hydrolyze hemicelluloses—one of the
most abundant groups of polysaccharide in nature. These enzymes have many …

The cell walls of plants are the most abundant source of organic carbon on the planet. This
photosynthetically fixed carbon is recycled by microbial enzymes that convert cell wall …

Background The adverse environmental impacts of conventional oil processing
technologies have forced the development of new green technologies. The aqueous …

The structure of the tetrameric Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I (PA-IL) in complex with
galactose and calcium was determined at 1.6 Å resolution, and the native protein was …

This graduate textbook is aimed at providing researchers new to the subject with information
on the structure and mechanisms in the chemistry, biochemistry or processing of …

ABSTRACT The Cry4Aa δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis is toxic to larvae of Culex,
Anopheles, and Aedes mosquitoes, which are vectors of important human tropical diseases …

The recent years have witnessed considerable developments in the interpretation of the
three-dimensional structures of plant polysaccharide-degrading enzymes in the context of …

Many researchers have acknowledged the fact that there exists an immense potential for the
application of the cellulose-binding domains (CBDs) in the field of biotechnology. This …

Enzymes active on complex carbohydrate polymers frequently have modular structures in
which a catalytic domain is appended to one or more carbohydrate-binding modules …