Bacteria produce a wide range of exopolysaccharides which are synthesized via different
biosynthesis pathways. The genes responsible for synthesis are often clustered within the …

Curdlan is a bacterial polysaccharide that has been of significant recent interest due to its
interesting and valuable rheological properties and its inherent bioactivity. The simple (1→ …

The membrane-integrated synthase FKS is involved in the biosynthesis of β-1, 3-glucan, the
core component of the fungal cell wall,. FKS is the target of widely prescribed antifungal …

Production of cellulose has been thought to be restricted to a few bacterial species such as
the model organism Acetobacter xylinus. We show by enzymatic analysis and mass …

The availability of a nearly complete genome sequence for Arabidopsis has created many
novel opportunities to identify, by computational methods, the genes that encode enzymes …

▪ Abstract The past few decades have witnessed exciting progress in studies on the
biosynthesis of cellulose. In the bacterium Acetobacter xylinum, discovery of the activator of …

Modern techniques of gene cloning have identified the CesA genes as encoding the
probable catalytic subunits of the plant CelS, the cellulose synthase enzyme complex …

Three structural classes of (1→ 3)-β-d-glucans are encountered in some important soil-
dwelling, plant-associated or human pathogenic bacteria. Linear (1→ 3)-β-glucans and side …

The biosynthesis and export of bacterial cell-surface polysaccharides is known to occur
through several distinct mechanisms. Recent advances in the biochemistry and structural …

Cellulose biosynthesis has recently been established for a variety of bacteria of diverse
origin at the phenotypic and genetic levels. Novel regulatory pathways, which involve the …