A review on recent upgradation and strategies to enhance cyclodextrin glucanotransferase properties for its applications

K Rabadiya, D Pardhi, K Thaker, J Patoliya… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is a significant extracellular enzyme with diverse
functions. CGTase is widely used in production of cyclic α-(1, 4)-linked oligosaccharides …

Transglycosylase structures and their role in granular starch modification: A mini review

Y Wang, MS Møller, B Svensson - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Starch modification is vital for tailoring properties, involving changes in amylose/amylopectin
ratio, chain lengths, and types of glucosidic linkages. Enzymatic modification, occurring on …

Genetic and enzymatic characterization of Amy13E from Cellvibrio japonicus reclassifies it as a cyclodextrinase also capable of α-diglucoside degradation

GM Mascelli, CA Garcia… - Applied and Environmental …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyclodextrinases are carbohydrate-active enzymes involved in the linearization of circular
amylose oligosaccharides. Primarily thought to function as part of starch metabolism, there …

Effects of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase on physicochemical, digestion, and gel properties of corn and potato starches

Q Zheng, X Li, DJ McClements, Z Jin, C Qiu - Food Hydrocolloids, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of natural starches in the food industry is sometimes limited because of their
high viscosity, strong susceptibility to retrogradation, and poor water retention capacity. In …

Synthesis,(bio) degradation, and utilization of starch-derived biopolymers in defined hard waters

A Matencio, D Rupérez-Cebolla, E Fioravanti… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is causing a change in local rainfall, which generally brings with it a
reduction in rainfall and, consequently, an increase in water hardness. This study explores …

One-pot synthesis of γ-cyclodextrin of high purity from non-food cellulose via an in vitro ATP-free synthetic enzymatic biosystem

K Niu, Z Ni, S Yuan, Z Wang, X Fang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract γ-Cyclodextrin (γ-CD) is a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of eight glucose
molecules linked together via α-1, 4-glycosidic bonds. It has a wide range of applications in …

Enhancing trehalose production via Bacillus species G1 cyclodextrin glucanotransferase mutants: modifying disproportionation characteristics and thermal stability

B Miao, D Huang, T Wang, H Liu, Z Hao… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Inefficient conversion of small molecule maltooligosaccharides into trehalose greatly affects
the cost of the production of trehalose by double enzyme method [maltooligosyl trehalose …

Current advances in obtaining novel cyclodextrin glycosyltransferases for optimizing the synthesis of cyclodextrins

ICB Muniz, JB Santos, RM de OLIVEIRA, FG Santos… - Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The cyclodextrins (CDs) market has increased due to their numerous applications,
especially in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The high cost of synthetizing one …

Structural insights into starch-metabolizing enzymes and their applications

T Tagami - Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Starch is a polysaccharide produced exclusively through photosynthesis in plants and
algae; however, is utilized as an energy source by most organisms, from microorganisms to …

生物合成法生产α-熊果苷的研究进展

仲泉周, 单依怡, 裴清云, 金艳芸, 王艺涵, 孟璐远… - 合成生物学, 2024 - synbioj.cip.com.cn
熊果苷(Arbutin) 是一种天然的糖苷类化合物, 广泛存在于自然界中. α-熊果苷(α-arbutin)
是其一种异构体, 由于其高效安全的美白作用和许多优秀的药理作用, 受到越来越多的市场关注 …