Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential to contribute to worldwide energy,
chemical, and material demands in a renewable, sustainable manner. In the United States …

The diversity of oligo-and polysaccharides provides an abundance of biological roles for
these carbohydrates. The enzymes hydrolysing these compounds, the glycoside hydrolases …

In order to accelerate the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds by factors approaching 1017-fold,
glycosidases have evolved finely tuned active sites optimally configured for transition-state …

This study is aimed at evaluating organic fluorine as a hydrogen bonding acceptor. A review
of short F… H contacts from all of the organofluorine compounds deposited in the …

Insights into glycosidase mechanisms have come from X-ray crystallographic studies on
complexes with substrate analogs and inhibitors, representing all the intermediate species …

Abstract Not “from above”, but “from the side”: Configuration‐retaining β‐glycosidases
protonate their substrate either anti or syn to the endocyclic C1− O bond as the first step in …

Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) have gained increased interest as prebiotics during the last
years. XOS and arabinoxylooligosaccharides (AXOS) can be produced from major fractions …

Xylanases are of widespread importance in several food and non-food biotechnological
applications. They degrade heteroxylans, a structurally heterogeneous group of plant cell …

Background: Myrosinase is the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of a variety of plant
anionic 1-thio-β-D-glucosides called glucosinolates. Myrosinase and glucosinolates, which …

Glycosyl fluorides have considerable importance as substrates and inhibitors in enzymatic
reactions. Their good combination of stability and reactivity has enabled their use as …