Carbohydrate binding modules: Compact yet potent accessories in the specific substrate binding and performance evolution of carbohydrate-active enzymes

Y You, H Kong, C Li, Z Gu, X Ban, Z Li - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) are independent non-catalytic domains widely found
in carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), and they play an essential role in the substrate …

Improved hydrolysis of granular starches by a psychrophilic α-amylase starch binding domain-fusion

Y Wang, Y Tian, Y Zhong, MA Suleiman… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Degradation of starch granules by a psychrophilic α-amylase, AHA, from the Antarctic
bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAB23 was facilitated by C-terminal fusion to a …

Growth promotion of Chlorella by symbiotic bacteria under adverse environments

L Xiao, Z Chen, Y Yang, Z Liu - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is aimed at searching for microalgae growth-promoting bacteria (MGPB) that can
promote Chlorella growth in adverse environments. Fifty strains of symbiotic bacteria were …

[HTML][HTML] Purification and characterization of cold-adapted and salt-tolerant dextranase from Cellulosimicrobium sp. THN1 and its potential application for treatment of …

L Xu, Y Zhang, N Liu, Z Wei, Z Wang, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The cold-adapted and/or salt-tolerant enzymes from marine microorganisms were confirmed
to be meritorious tools to enhance the efficiency of biocatalysis in industrial biotechnology …

Starch-binding domain modulates the specificity of maltopentaose production at moderate temperatures

N Ding, B Zhao, X Han, C Li, Z Gu… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Maltooligosaccharide-forming amylases (MFAs) hydrolyze starch into maltooligosaccharides
with a defined degree of polymerization. However, the enzymatic mechanism underlying the …

Diversity of GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidase homolog sequences from subantarctic intertidal sediments

HM Dionisi, M Lozada, E Campos - Biologia, 2023 - Springer
Bacteria from coastal habitats exposed to challenging environmental conditions constitute a
promising source of enzymes with novel catalytic properties for the depolymerization of …

A novel maltooligosaccharide-forming α-amylase from Bacillus cereus and its application in the preparation of maltopentaose product

S Pan, G Wang, C Sun, L Du, X Qi, Y Wei - Process Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Maltooligosaccharides (MOS) have become a prominent market in the pharma and food
industries due to their excellent bio-preservative and prebiotic properties. However …

Characterization and efficient production of an α‐agarase from marine bacterium Catenovulum maritimum STB14

Y You, W Xie, C Li, Z Gu, X Ban, F Zhang… - Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agarases are enzymes that degrade agar and agarose to produce agar oligosaccharides
with multiple functional activities. Compared with β‐agarases, the natural source of α …

The structure of the Clostridium thermocellum RsgI9 ectodomain provides insight into the mechanism of biomass sensing

BJ Mahoney, A Takayesu, A Zhou… - Proteins: Structure …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Clostridium thermocellum is actively being developed as a microbial platform to produce
biofuels and chemicals from renewable plant biomass. An attractive feature of this bacterium …

Structural basis for the cold activation and adaptation of an α-agarase from marine bacterium Catenovulum agarivorans STB13

W Xie, Y You, X Ban, A Zhang, C Li, Z Gu, Z Li - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymes have high activity at low temperatures are defined as cold-adapted enzymes, but
few enzymes show an activation effect after low-temperature incubation. In this study, we …