Cell wall hydrolases in bacteria: insight on the diversity of cell wall amidases, glycosidases and peptidases toward peptidoglycan

A Vermassen, S Leroy, R Talon, C Provot… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The cell wall (CW) of bacteria is an intricate arrangement of macromolecules, at least
constituted of peptidoglycan (PG) but also of (lipo) teichoic acids, various polysaccharides …

Role and significance of beta-glucosidases in the hydrolysis of cellulose for bioethanol production

RR Singhania, AK Patel, RK Sukumaran… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into liquid
biofuels includes the search for a glucose tolerant beta-gulucosidase. Beta-glucosidase is …

[HTML][HTML] β-Glucosidases

JRK Cairns, A Esen - Cellular and molecular life sciences: CMLS, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract β-Glucosidases (3.2. 1.21) are found in all domains of living organisms, where they
play essential roles in the removal of nonreducing terminal glucosyl residues from …

Microbial β-glucosidases: cloning, properties, and applications

Y Bhatia, S Mishra, VS Bisaria - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
β-Glucosidases constitute a major group among glycosylhydrolase enzymes. Out of the 82
families classified under glycosylhydrolase category, these belong to family 1 and family 3 …

Glycosidase mechanisms

CS Rye, SG Withers - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Insights into glycosidase mechanisms have come from X-ray crystallographic studies on
complexes with substrate analogs and inhibitors, representing all the intermediate species …

Thermostable enzymes as biocatalysts in the biofuel industry

CJ Yeoman, Y Han, D Dodd, CM Schroeder… - Advances in applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose is the most abundant carbohydrate source in nature and represents an ideal
renewable energy source. Thermostable enzymes that hydrolyze lignocellulose to its …

Enzymatic deconstruction of xylan for biofuel production

D Dodd, IKO Cann - Gcb Bioenergy, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The combustion of fossil‐derived fuels has a significant impact on atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) levels and correspondingly is an important contributor to anthropogenic …

Fungal beta-glucosidases: a bottleneck in industrial use of lignocellulosic materials

A Sørensen, M Lübeck, PS Lübeck, BK Ahring - Biomolecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Profitable biomass conversion processes are highly dependent on the use of efficient
enzymes for lignocellulose degradation. Among the cellulose degrading enzymes, beta …

β-Glucosidases

JR Ketudat Cairns, A Esen - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2010 - Springer
Abstract β-Glucosidases (3.2. 1.21) are found in all domains of living organisms, where they
play essential roles in the removal of nonreducing terminal glucosyl residues from …

Biochemical characterization and mechanism of action of a thermostable β-glucosidase purified from Thermoascus aurantiacus

NJ Parry, DE Beever, E Owen… - Biochemical …, 2001 - portlandpress.com
An extracellular β-glucosidase from Thermoascus aurantiacus was purified to homogeneity
by DEAE-Sepharose, Ultrogel AcA 44 and Mono-P column chromatography. The enzyme …