Sialidases from gut bacteria: A mini-review

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 166-175

  Juge, Nathalie ^a   Tailford, Louise ^a   Owen, C David ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycoside hydrolase; Gut bacteria; Gut microbiota; Mucin degradation; Sialic acid; Sialidase

Indexed keywords

(2,7 ANHYDRO NEU5AC) 2,7 ANYDRO N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANS-SIALIDASE;

AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINOCOCCUS GNAVUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; NEURAMINIDASE; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 84957893086     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150226     Document Type: Article

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