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Learning from microbial strategies for polysaccharide degradation.
- Source :
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Biochemical Society Transactions . Feb2016, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p94-108. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Complex carbohydrates are ubiquitous in all kingdoms of life. As major components of the plant cell wall they constitute both a rich renewable carbon source for biotechnological transformation into fuels, chemicals and materials, and also form an important energy source as part of a healthy human diet. In both contexts, there has been significant, sustained interest in understanding how microbes transform these substrates. Classical perspectives of microbial polysaccharide degradation are currently being augmented by recent advances in the discovery of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) and polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). Fundamental discoveries in carbohydrate enzymology are both advancing biological understanding, as well as informing applications in industrial biomass conversion and modulation of the human gut microbiota to mediate health benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03005127
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biochemical Society Transactions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112972815
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20150180