Novel carbohydrate binding modules in the surface anchored α-amylase of Eubacterium rectale provide a molecular rationale for the range of starches used by this organism in the human gut

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 249-264

  Cockburn, Darrell W ^a,b   Suh, Carolyn ^a   Medina, Krizia Perez ^a   Duvall, Rebecca M ^a   Wawrzak, Zdzislaw ^c   Henrissat, Bernard ^d,e,f   Koropatkin, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; STARCH;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EUBACTERIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; POTATO;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; EUBACTERIUM; HOST MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85036546359     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13881     Document Type: Article

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