Exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacteria: Structures, physiochemical functions and applications in the food industry

Y Xu, Y Cui, F Yue, L Liu, Y Shan, B Liu, Y Zhou, X Lü - Food Hydrocolloids, 2019 - Elsevier
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs)-producing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and Bifidobacteria are
widely used as starter cultures to make fermented food products due to their technological …

Biotechnological potential of novel glycoside hydrolase family 70 enzymes synthesizing α-glucans from starch and sucrose

J Gangoiti, T Pijning, L Dijkhuizen - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Transglucosidases belonging to the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 70 are promising
enzymatic tools for the synthesis of α-glucans with defined structures from renewable …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial α-glucan and branching sucrases from GH70 family: Discovery, structure–function relationship studies and engineering

M Molina, G Cioci, C Moulis, E Séverac… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glucansucrases and branching sucrases are classified in the family 70 of glycoside
hydrolases. They are produced by lactic acid bacteria occupying very diverse ecological …

Synthesis of novel α-glucans with potential health benefits through controlled glucose release in the human gastrointestinal tract

J Gangoiti, SF Corwin, LM Lamothe… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The glycemic carbohydrates we consume are currently viewed in an unfavorable light in
both the consumer and medical research worlds. In significant part, these carbohydrates …

Structural and bioactive characteristics of a dextran produced by Lactobacillus kunkeei AK1

MT Yilmaz, H İspirli, O Taylan, AL Bilgrami… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, structural and techno-functional characteristics of an exopolysaccharide (EPS)
produced by Lactobacillus kunkeei AK1 were determined. High-performance liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Glucansucrase produced by lactic acid bacteria: structure, properties, and applications

L Yu, Z Qian, J Ge, R Du - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glucansucrase (GS) belongs to the GH70 family, which not only can synthesize
exopolysaccharides (EPSs) with different physicochemical properties through glucosyl …

Engineering hyperthermophilic pullulanase to efficiently utilize corn starch for production of maltooligosaccharides and glucose

T **e, L Zhou, L Han, C You, Z Liu, W Cui, Z Cheng… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Pullulanase is a starch-debranching enzyme that hydrolyzes side chain of starch,
oligosaccharides and pullulan. Nevertheless, the limited activities of pullulanases constrain …

Characterisation of dextran AP-27 produced by bee pollen isolate Lactobacillus kunkeei AP-27

MT Yilmaz, H İspirli, H Alidrisi, O Taylan, E Dertli - Process Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
An exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by bee pollen isolate Lactobacillus kunkeei AP-27
was characterised in this study. EPS monomeric composition of strain AP-27 was …

Deciphering an undecided enzyme: investigations of the structural determinants involved in the linkage specificity of alternansucrase

M Molina, C Moulis, N Monties, S Pizzut-Serin… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Understanding how polymerases catalyze the synthesis of biopolymers is a timely and
important issue in generating controlled structures with well-defined properties. With this …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical characterization of two GH70 family 4, 6-α-glucanotransferases with distinct product specificity from Lactobacillus aviarius subsp. aviarius DSM …

X Meng, J Gangoiti, N de Kok, SS van Leeuwen… - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Nine GtfB-like 4, 6-α-glucanotransferases (4, 6-α-GTs)(represented by GtfX of L.
aviarius subsp. aviarius DSM 20655) were identified to show distinct characteristics in …