Oligosaccharide synthesis is becoming increasingly important to the pharmaceutical
industry because these biomolecules have potential application as therapeutics. Enzymatic …

In industrial processes, chemical catalysis is being replaced by enzyme catalysis, since the
latter is environmentally benign, non-persistent and cost effective. Microbial xylanases have …

β-d-Xylosidases are glycoside hydrolases that catalyze the release of xylose units from short
xylooligosaccharides and are engaged in the final breakdown of plant cell-wall …

O-GlcNAcase is a family 84 β-N-acetylglucosaminidase catalyzing the hydrolytic cleavage of
β-O-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glycopyranose (O-GlcNAc) from serine and threonine …

Organization of glycoside hydrolase (GH) families into clans expands the utility of
information on catalytic mechanisms of member enzymes. This issue was examined for …

Background β-Xylosidase is an important constituent of the hemicellulase system and it
plays an important role in hydrolyzing xylooligosaccharides to xylose. Xylose, a useful …

β-d-Xylosidases are hemilcellulases that hydrolyze short xylooligosaccharides into xylose
units. Here, we describe the characterization and kinetic analysis of a family 43 β-xylosidase …

Fermentation of xylose in lignocellulosic hydrolysates by Saccharomyces cerevisiae has
been achieved through heterologous expression of the xylose reductase (XR)–xylitol …

A powerful endo-chitosanase (CSN) previously described for a large scale preparation of
chito-oligosaccharides (Cheng, C.-Y., and Li, Y.-K.(2000) Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 32 …

The Y509E mutant of β-xylosidase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus
(XynB2Y509E)(which also bears xylanase activity) has been immobilized in chitosan …