[HTML][HTML] Plant type II arabinogalactan: Structural features and modification to increase functionality

K Ghosh, D Takahashi, T Kotake - Carbohydrate Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Type II arabinogalactans (AGs) are a highly diverse class of plant polysaccharides generally
encountered as the carbohydrate moieties of certain extracellular proteoglycans, the so …

The structure-function relationships and interaction between polysaccharides and intestinal microbiota: A review

H Xue, Y Tang, M Zha, K Xie, J Tan - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The gut microbiota, as a complex ecosystem, can affect many physiological aspects of the
host's diet, disease development, drug metabolism, and immune system regulation …

Priority conservation area of Larix gmelinii under climate change: application of an ensemble modeling

M Gao, G Zhao, S Zhang, Z Wang, X Wen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen is a major tree species with high economic and ecological
value in the Greater Khingan Mountains coniferous forest of Northeast China …

In vivo structural modification of type II arabinogalactans with fungal endo-β-1, 6-galactanase in Arabidopsis

A Kikuchi, K Hara, Y Yoshimi, K Soga… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) are mysterious extracellular glycoproteins in plants.
Although AGPs are highly conserved, their molecular functions remain obscure. The …

[HTML][HTML] The Other Side of the Perfect Cup: Coffee-Derived Non-Polyphenols and Their Roles in Mitigating Factors Affecting the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes

A Ramerth, B Chapple, J Winter, W Moore - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is 10.5% among adults in the age range of
20–79 years. The primary marker of T2D is persistent fasting hyperglycemia, resulting from …

Charge neutralization and β-elimination cleavage mechanism of family 42 L-rhamnose-α-1, 4-D-glucuronate lyase revealed using neutron crystallography

N Yano, T Kondo, K Kusaka, T Arakawa… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
Gum arabic (GA) is widely used as an emulsion stabilizer and edible coating and consists of
a complex carbohydrate moiety with a rhamnosyl-glucuronate group capping the non …

Seagrass arabinogalactan-proteins: Are they important for adaptation to the marine environment?

L Pfeifer, KL Johnson, A Bacic, TBH Reusch… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
During the late cretaceous period several lineages of angiosperm plants transitioned from
land to the sea by successfully adapting to life in salt water, forming the polyphyletic group of …

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A Boccaccini, U Tor, PMA Pawar… - Women in Plant …, 2023 - books.google.com
Plant cell walls are composed of various polysaccharides including cellulose, pectic
polysaccharides, and hemicelluloses (Mohnen, 2008). Among them, type II arabinogalactan …

Preface to the special issue “Approaches for strategies of mechanical optimization in plants”

T Demura - Plant Biotechnology, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
As global environmental, food, and population problems get worse, various efforts for the
development of a sustainable society continue worldwide. It goes without saying that plant …