Bifidobacterial Enzymes Involved in the Metabolism of Human Milk Oligosaccharides

One-pot enzymatic production of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose (GalNAc) from 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucose (GlcNAc)

(2011) Kousuke Inoue et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Characterization of β-galactoside phosphorylases with diverging acceptor specificities

(2011) Chen Chao et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis uses two different β-galactosidases for selectively degrading type-1 and type-2 human milk oligosaccharides

(2011) Erina Yoshida et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Physiology of Consumption of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Infant Gut-associated Bifidobacteria

(2011) Sadaki Asakuma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of amino acid residues that determine the substrate preference of 1,3-β-galactosyl-N-acetylhexosamine phosphorylase

(2011) Mamoru Nishimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Oligosaccharide Binding Proteins from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis Reveal a Preference for Host Glycans

(2011) Daniel Garrido et al.   PLoS One

Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor

(2011) M. O'Connell Motherway et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Broad Conservation of Milk Utilization Genes in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis as Revealed by Comparative Genomic Hybridization

(2010) R. G. LoCascio et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Unique Sugar Metabolic Pathways of Bifidobacteria

(2010) Shinya FUSHINOBU   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Highly efficient chemoenzymatic synthesis of β1–3-linked galactosides

(2010) Hai Yu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

An exo-α-sialidase from bifidobacteria involved in the degradation of sialyloligosaccharides in human milk and intestinal glycoconjugates

(2010) Masashi Kiyohara et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Cooperation of β-galactosidase and β-N-acetylhexosaminidase from bifidobacteria in assimilation of human milk oligosaccharides with type 2 structure

(2010) Mika Miwa et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Consumption of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Gut-Related Microbes

(2010) Angela Marcobal et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum BBMN68, a New Strain from a Healthy Chinese Centenarian

(2010) Y. Hao et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum JDM301

(2010) Y.-X. Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum S17

(2010) D. Zhurina et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structures and application of oligosaccharides in human milk

(2010) Akira KOBATA   PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Human milk glycobiome and its impact on the infant gastrointestinal microbiota

(2010) A. M. Zivkovic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging

(2010) F. Turroni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nursing our microbiota: molecular linkages between bifidobacteria and milk oligosaccharides

(2010) David A. Sela et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Distribution of In Vitro Fermentation Ability of Lacto-N-Biose I, a Major Building Block of Human Milk Oligosaccharides, in Bifidobacterial Strains

(2009) J.-z. Xiao et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of β-1,3-galactosyl-N-acetylhexosamine phosphorylase from Propionibacterium acnes

(2009) Masahiro Nakajima et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Expression of four β-galactosidases from Bifidobacterium bifidum NCIMB41171 and their contribution on the hydrolysis and synthesis of galactooligosaccharides

(2009) Theodoros Goulas et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Substrate specificity of N-acetylhexosamine kinase towards N-acetylgalactosamine derivatives

(2009) Li Cai et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Prebiotic Effect of Lacto-N-biose I on Bifidobacterial Growth

(2009) Masashi KIYOHARA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

One-pot enzymatic production of β-d-galactopyranosyl-(1→3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose (galacto-N-biose) from sucrose and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose (N-acetylgalactosamine)

(2009) Mamoru Nishimoto et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

A chemoenzymatic route to N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate analogues: substrate specificity investigations of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase

(2009) Li Cai et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Characterization of d-galactosyl-β1→4-l-rhamnose phosphorylase from Opitutus terrae

(2009) Masahiro Nakajima et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Chemical characterization of oligosaccharides in chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, orangutan, and siamang milk or colostrum

(2009) T. Urashima et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Two distinct  -L-fucosidases from Bifidobacterium bifidum are essential for the utilization of fucosylated milk oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates

(2009) H. Ashida et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Crystallographic and Mutational Analyses of Substrate Recognition of Endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bifidobacterium longum

(2009) Ryuichiro Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of Three β-Galactoside Phosphorylases fromClostridium phytofermentans

(2009) Masahiro Nakajima et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Crystal Structure of Galacto-N-biose/Lacto-N-biose I Phosphorylase

(2009) Masafumi Hidaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of Lacto-N-Biose I Phosphorylase from Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6

(2008) M. Nakajima et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bifidobacterium bifidum Lacto-N-Biosidase, a Critical Enzyme for the Degradation of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with a Type 1 Structure

(2008) J. Wada et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of galacto-N-biose phosphorylase from Clostridium perfringens ATCC13124

(2008) Masahiro Nakajima et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparative analysis of four β-galactosidases from Bifidobacterium bifidum NCIMB41171: purification and biochemical characterisation

(2008) Theodoros Goulas et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium longum reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth

(2008) Ju-Hoon Lee et al.   BMC GENOMICS

1,2-α-l-Fucosynthase: A glycosynthase derived from an inverting α-glycosidase with an unusual reaction mechanism

(2008) Jun Wada et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Structural and Thermodynamic Analyses of Solute-binding Protein fromBifidobacterium longumSpecific for Core 1 Disaccharide and Lacto-N-biose I

(2008) Ryuichiro Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome

(2008) D. A. Sela et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA