Search Results - "Farnell, Benjamin"
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Dietary pectic glycans are degraded by coordinated enzyme pathways in human colonic Bacteroides
Published in Nature microbiology (01-02-2018)“…The major nutrients available to human colonic Bacteroides species are glycans, exemplified by pectins, a network of covalently linked plant cell wall…”
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A Product Analog Bound Form of 3-Oxoadipate-enol-Lactonase (PcaD) Reveals a Multifunctional Role for the Divergent Cap Domain
Published in Journal of molecular biology (11-03-2011)“…Lactones are a class of structurally diverse molecules that serve essential roles in biological processes ranging from quorum sensing to the aerobic catabolism…”
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Identification and Characterization of Binding Sites on S100A7, a Participant in Cancer and Inflammation Pathways
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (10-11-2009)“…S100A7 (psoriasin) is a member of the S100 family of signaling proteins. It is implicated in and considered a therapeutic target for inflammation and cancer,…”
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Structural characterization of S100A15 reveals a novel zinc coordination site among S100 proteins and altered surface chemistry with functional implications for receptor binding
Published in BMC structural biology (02-07-2012)“…S100 proteins are a family of small, EF-hand containing calcium-binding signaling proteins that are implicated in many cancers. While the majority of human…”
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Structural and functional characterization of a triple mutant form of S100A7 defective for Jab1 binding
Published in Protein science (01-12-2009)“…S100A7 (psoriasin) is a calcium‐ and zinc‐binding protein implicated in breast cancer. We have shown previously that S100A7 enhances survival mechanisms in…”
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Understanding the recognition and utilization of homogalacturonan by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Published 01-01-2014“…Homogalacturonan (HG) is a structural plant cell wall polysaccharide and a key source of dietary fiber. The human genome does not contain a single enzyme known…”
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