Glycosidic bond specificity of glucansucrases: on the role of acceptor substrate binding residues

NMR-Based Structural Glycomics for High-Throughput Screening of Carbohydrate-Active Enzyme Specificity

(2011) Romain Irague et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

4,6-α-Glucanotransferase, a Novel Enzyme That Structurally and Functionally Provides an Evolutionary Link between Glycoside Hydrolase Enzyme Families 13 and 70

(2011) Slavko Kralj et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enzymatic glycosyl transfer: mechanisms and applications

(2011) Tom Desmet et al.   BIOCATALYSIS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION

Isolation of a Gene from Leuconostoc citreum B/110-1-2 Encoding a Novel Dextransucrase Enzyme

(2011) Reinaldo Fraga Vidal et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Bioengineering of Leuconostoc mesenteroides Glucansucrases That Gives Selected Bond Formation for Glucan Synthesis and/or Acceptor-Product Synthesis

(2011) Hee Kyoung Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Crystal Structure of Glucansucrase from the Dental Caries Pathogen Streptococcus mutans

(2011) Keisuke Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Exopolysaccharide Synthesized by Lactobacillus reuteri Decreases the Ability of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli To Bind to Porcine Erythrocytes

(2010) Y. Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm formation by strains of Leuconostoc citreum and L. mesenteroides

(2010) Timothy D. Leathers et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Analysis of the key active subsites of glycoside hydrolase 13 family members

(2010) Vikash Kumar   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Transglucosidases as efficient tools for oligosaccharide and glucoconjugate synthesis

(2010) Pierre Monsan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Kinetics of dextran-independent α-(1→3)-glucan synthesis by Streptococcus sobrinus glucosyltransferase I

(2010) Hideyuki Komatsu et al.   FEBS Journal

Characterization of dextran-producing Weissella strains isolated from sourdoughs and evidence of constitutive dextransucrase expression

(2010) Marie-Sophie Bounaix et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Identification and characterization of a glucan-producing enzyme from Lactobacillus hilgardii TMW 1.828 involved in granule formation of water kefir

(2010) Florian W. Waldherr et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Thermus thermophilusGlycoside Hydrolase Family 57 Branching Enzyme

(2010) Marta Palomo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Inulin and levan synthesis by probiotic Lactobacillus gasseri strains: characterization of three novel fructansucrase enzymes and their fructan products

(2010) M. A. Anwar et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Crystal structure of a 117 kDa glucansucrase fragment provides insight into evolution and product specificity of GH70 enzymes

(2010) A. Vujicic-Zagar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards tailor-made oligosaccharides—chemo-enzymatic approaches by enzyme and substrate engineering

(2009) Arne Homann et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases and the impact for biotechnological applications

(2009) Hans Leemhuis et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The evolution of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase product specificity

(2009) Ronan M. Kelly et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Structural Characterization of Bioengineered α-d-Glucans Produced by Mutant Glucansucrase GTF180 Enzymes of Lactobacillus reuteri Strain 180

(2009) Sander S. van Leeuwen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enzymatic synthesis of alkyl glucosides using Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase

(2009) Young-Min Kim et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Glucosylation of raffinose via alternansucrase acceptor reactions

(2009) Gregory L. Côté et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Synthesis and characterization of hydroquinone glucoside using Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase

(2009) Eun-Seong Seo et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Screening of lactic acid bacteria from Indonesia reveals glucansucrase and fructansucrase genes in two differentWeissella confusastrains from soya

(2009) Amarila Malik et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the glucansucrase DSRWC fromWeissella cibariasynthesizing a α(1→6) glucan

(2009) Hee-Kyoung Kang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Directed evolution of enzymes: Library screening strategies

(2009) Hans Leemhuis et al.   IUBMB LIFE

Starch and α-glucan acting enzymes, modulating their properties by directed evolution

(2009) Ronan M. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Streptococcus Adherence and Colonization

(2009) A. H. Nobbs et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Chemo-enzymatic synthesis and functional analysis of natural and modified glycostructures

(2009) Arne Homann et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Directed evolution drives the next generation of biocatalysts

(2009) Nicholas J Turner   Nature Chemical Biology

Enzyme engineering for enantioselectivity: from trial-and-error to rational design?

(2009) Linda G. Otten et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Elimination of competing hydrolysis and coupling side reactions of a cyclodextrin glucanotransferase by directed evolution

(2008) Ronan M. Kelly et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structural Analysis of Bioengineered α-d-Glucan Produced by a Triple Mutant of the Glucansucrase GTF180 Enzyme from Lactobacillus reuteri Strain 180: Generation of (α1→4) Linkages in a Native (1→3)(1→6)-α-d-Glucan

(2008) Sander S. van Leeuwen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Structural analysis of the α-d-glucan (EPS35-5) produced by the Lactobacillus reuteri strain 35-5 glucansucrase GTFA enzyme

(2008) Sander S. van Leeuwen et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Structural analysis of the α-d-glucan (EPS180) produced by the Lactobacillus reuteri strain 180 glucansucrase GTF180 enzyme

(2008) Sander S. van Leeuwen et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Acceptor products of alternansucrase with gentiobiose. Production of novel oligosaccharides for food and feed and elimination of bitterness

(2008) Gregory L. Côté   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Addressing the Numbers Problem in Directed Evolution

(2008) Manfred T. Reetz et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Re- or displacement of invariant residues in the C-terminal half of the catalytic domain strongly affects catalysis by glucosyltransferase R

(2008) Sabine Wittrock et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Influence of pH on the Formation of Glucan byLactobacillus reuteriTMW 1.106 Exerting a Protective Function Against Extreme pH Values

(2008) Susanne B. Kaditzky et al.   FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY

Glucosyltransferase A (GtfA) and inulosucrase (Inu) of Lactobacillus reuteri TMW1.106 contribute to cell aggregation, in vitro biofilm formation, and colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract

(2008) J. Walter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Enzymes under the nanoscope

(2008) Anthony J. Kirby et al.   NATURE

The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

(2008) B. L. Cantarel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH