Marine‐polysaccharide degrading enzymes: Status and prospects

H Sun, L Gao, C Xue, X Mao - … in Food Science and Food Safety, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Marine‐polysaccharide degrading enzymes have recently been studied extensively. They
are particularly interesting as they catalyze the cleavage of glycosidic bonds in …

Agarase: review of major sources, categories, purification method, enzyme characteristics and applications

XT Fu, SM Kim - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
Agarases are the enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of agar. They are classified into α-
agarase (EC 3.2. 1.158) and β-agarase (EC 3.2. 1.81) according to the cleavage pattern …

Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota

JH Hehemann, G Correc, T Barbeyron, W Helbert… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Gut microbes supply the human body with energy from dietary polysaccharides through
carbohydrate active enzymes, or CAZymes, which are absent in the human genome. These …

Chemical interactions between marine macroalgae and bacteria

F Goecke, A Labes, J Wiese, JF Imhoff - Marine ecology progress series, 2010 - int-res.com
We review research from the last 40 yr on macroalgal–bacterial interactions. Marine
macroalgae have been challenged throughout their evolution by microorganisms and have …

Bacteria of the human gut microbiome catabolize red seaweed glycans with carbohydrate-active enzyme updates from extrinsic microbes

JH Hehemann, AG Kelly, NA Pudlo… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Humans host an intestinal population of microbes—collectively referred to as the gut
microbiome—which encode the carbohydrate active enzymes, or CAZymes, that are absent …

Molecular Healing of Polymeric Materials, Coatings, Plastics, Elastomers, Composites, Laminates, Adhesives, and Sealants by Active Enzymes

CS McDaniel, ME Wales, J Rawlins, P Cipi… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
2010-04-30 Assigned to REACTIVE SURFACES, LTD. reassignment REACTIVE
SURFACES, LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Agar degradation by microorganisms and agar-degrading enzymes

WJ Chi, YK Chang, SK Hong - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
Agar is a mixture of heterogeneous galactans, mainly composed of 3, 6-anhydro-l-
galactoses (or l-galactose-6-sulfates) d-galactoses and l-galactoses (routinely in the forms of …

Microorganisms living on macroalgae: diversity, interactions, and biotechnological applications

M Martin, D Portetelle, G Michel… - Applied microbiology and …, 2014 - Springer
Marine microorganisms play key roles in every marine ecological process, hence the
growing interest in studying their populations and functions. Microbial communities on algae …

Bioconversion of red seaweed galactans: a focus on bacterial agarases and carrageenases

G Michel, P Nyval-Collen, T Barbeyron… - Applied microbiology …, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Agars and carrageenans are 1, 3-α-1, 4-β-galactans from the cell walls of red algae,
substituted by zero (agarose), one (κ-), two (ι-), or three (λ-carrageenan) sulfate groups per …

Molecular basis of an agarose metabolic pathway acquired by a human intestinal symbiont

B Pluvinage, JM Grondin, C Amundsen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In red algae, the most abundant principal cell wall polysaccharides are mixed galactan
agars, of which agarose is a common component. While bioconversion of agarose is …