Synthesis of novel bioactive lactose-derived oligosaccharides by microbial glycoside hydrolases

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-331

  Díez Municio, Marina ^a   Herrero, Miguel ^a   Olano, Agustín ^a   Moreno, F Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH CIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ALPHA GLUCOSYL LACTOSE; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRANSUCRASE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; LACTULOSUCROSE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MICROBIAL GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PENTASACCHARIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SUCRALOSE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOOD; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84901943302     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12124     Document Type: Article

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