Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

Chitinases are present in diverse form of organisms from bacteria, fungi, insects, plants.
Plant chitinases are part of pathogenesis-related proteins. When plant (host) cells are under …

The Bacteroidetes phylum is renowned for its ability to degrade a wide range of complex
carbohydrates, a trait that has enabled its dominance in many diverse environments. The …

Highlights•Gut microbiomes and their enzymes enable processing of glycans consumed or
secreted by the host.•Common mechanisms of glycan utilization are found across gut …

Many proteins contain more than one folded domain, and such modular multi‐domain
proteins help expand the functional repertoire of proteins. Because of their larger size and …

Bacteroidetes are efficient degraders of complex carbohydrates, much thanks to their use of
polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). An integral part of PULs are highly specialized …

Gum arabic is an arabinogalactan protein (AGP) that is effective as a prebiotic for the growth
of bifidobacteria in the human intestine. We recently identified a key enzyme in the glycoside …

In nature, complex carbohydrates are rarely found as pure isolated polysaccharides.
Instead, bacteria in competitive environments are presented with glycans embedded in …

Bacterial chitinases are integral in breaking down chitin, the natural polymer in crustacean
and insect exoskeletons. Their increasing utilization across various sectors such as …

Abstract β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (GlcNAcase) is an essential biocatalyst in chitin
assimilation by marine Vibrio species, which rely on chitin as their main carbon source …