The enzymic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides is one of the most important
reactions on earth. Despite this, glycoside hydrolases attack such polysaccharides relatively …

Cellulosomes can be described as one of nature's most elaborate and highly efficient
nanomachines. These cell bound multienzyme complexes orchestrate the deconstruction of …

The metabolism of carbohydrate polymers drives microbial diversity in the human gut
microbiota. It is unclear, however, whether bacterial consortia or single organisms are …

The structure of the human gut microbiota is controlled primarily through the degradation of
complex dietary carbohydrates, but the extent to which carbohydrate breakdown products …

The cell walls of plants are the most abundant source of organic carbon on the planet. This
photosynthetically fixed carbon is recycled by microbial enzymes that convert cell wall …

The past year has witnessed the expected increase in the number of solved structures of
glycoside hydrolases and glycosyltransferases, and their constitutive modules. These …

Thermophilic microorganisms are attractive candidates for conversion of lignocellulose to
biofuels because they produce robust, effective, carbohydrate-degrading enzymes and …

One of the first insights into the modular nature of carbohydrate-active enzymes was
provided by the dissection of a plant cell wall-degrading enzyme into two functional modules …

The utilization of organized supramolecular assemblies to exploit the synergistic interactions
afforded by close proximity, both for enzymatic synthesis and for the degradation of …

This graduate textbook is aimed at providing researchers new to the subject with information
on the structure and mechanisms in the chemistry, biochemistry or processing of …