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Substrate Recognition and Specificity of Chitin Deacetylases and Related Family 4 Carbohydrate Esterases by Aragunde, Hugo, Biarnés, Xevi, Planas, Antoni

“…Carbohydrate esterases family 4 (CE4 enzymes) includes chitin and peptidoglycan deacetylases, acetylxylan esterases, and poly- -acetylglucosamine deacetylases…”
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Screening Assay for Directed Evolution of Chitin Deacetylases: Application to Vibrio cholerae Deacetylase Mutant Libraries for Engineered Specificity by Pascual, Sergi, Planas, Antoni

“…Not only the degree of acetylation but also the pattern of acetylation of chitosans and chitooligosaccharides (COS) appear to be critical for their biological…”
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Chitin Deacetylases: Structures, Specificities, and Biotech Applications by Grifoll-Romero, Laia, Pascual, Sergi, Aragunde, Hugo, Biarnés, Xevi, Planas, Antoni

“…Depolymerization and de- -acetylation of chitin by chitinases and deacetylases generates a series of derivatives including chitosans and chitooligosaccharides…”
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Characterization of a Glycolipid Synthase Producing α-Galactosylceramide in Bacteroides fragilis by Caballé, Marc, Faijes, Magda, Planas, Antoni

“…Glycolipids are complex molecules involved in important cellular processes. Among them, the glycosphingolipid α-galactosylceramide has proven to be of interest…”
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Transglycosylation Activity of Engineered Bifidobacterium Lacto- N -Biosidase Mutants at Donor Subsites for Lacto- N -Tetraose Synthesis by Castejón-Vilatersana, Mireia, Faijes, Magda, Planas, Antoni

“…The health benefits of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) make them attractive targets as supplements for infant formula milks. However, HMO synthesis is still…”
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Developing a single-stage continuous process strategy for vitamin B12 production with Propionibacterium freudenreichii by Calvillo, Ãlvaro, Pellicer, Teresa, Carnicer, Marc, Planas, Antoni

“…Abstract Background Vitamin B 12  is a widely used compound in the feed and food, healthcare and medical industries that can only be produced by fermentation…”
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Essential Mycoplasma Glycolipid Synthase Adheres to the Cell Membrane by Means of an Amphipathic Helix by Romero-García, Javier, Biarnés, Xevi, Planas, Antoni

“…Because of the lack of cell wall, Micoplasma species require a fine control of membrane fluidity and integrity. mg517 is an essential gene of Mycoplasma…”
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Engineering of a chitin deacetylase to generate tailor-made chitosan polymers by Bonin, Martin, Irion, Antonia L, Jürß, Anika, Pascual, Sergi, Cord-Landwehr, Stefan, Planas, Antoni, Moerschbacher, Bruno M

“…Chitin deacetylases (CDAs) emerge as a valuable tool to produce chitosans with a nonrandom distribution of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and glucosamine (GlcN)…”
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In vitro synthesis of artificial polysaccharides by glycosidases and glycosynthases by Faijes, Magda, Planas, Antoni

“…Artificial polysaccharides produced by in vitro enzymatic synthesis are new biomaterials with defined structures that either mimic natural polysaccharides or…”
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Bioprocess Strategies for Vitamin B12 Production by Microbial Fermentation and Its Market Applications by Calvillo, Álvaro, Pellicer, Teresa, Carnicer, Marc, Planas, Antoni

“…Vitamin B12 is a widely used compound in the feed and food, healthcare and medical industries that can only be produced by fermentation because of the…”
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Structural Basis of Chitin Oligosaccharide Deacetylation by Andrés, Eduardo, Albesa-Jové, David, Biarnés, Xevi, Moerschbacher, Bruno M., Guerin, Marcelo E., Planas, Antoni

“…Cell signaling and other biological activities of chitooligosaccharides (COSs) seem to be dependent not only on the degree of polymerization, but markedly on…”
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Indolyl Septanoside Synthesis for In Vivo Screening of Bacterial Septanoside Hydrolases by Pote, Aditya R, Pascual, Sergi, Planas, Antoni, Peczuh, Mark W

“…Building-up and breaking-down of carbohydrates are processes common to all forms of life. Glycoside hydrolases are a broad class of enzymes that play a central…”
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Preparative Scale Production of Recombinant Human Transthyretin for Biophysical Studies of Protein-Ligand and Protein-Protein Interactions by Cotrina, Ellen Y, Vilà, Marta, Nieto, Joan, Arsequell, Gemma, Planas, Antoni

“…Human transthyretin (hTTR), a serum protein with a main role in transporting thyroid hormones and retinol through binding to the retinol-binding protein, is an…”
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Structure-function relationships underlying the dual N-acetylmuramic and N-acetylglucosamine specificities of the bacterial peptidoglycan deacetylase PdaC by Grifoll-Romero, Laia, Sainz-Polo, María Angela, Albesa-Jové, David, Guerin, Marcelo E., Biarnés, Xevi, Planas, Antoni

“…Bacillus subtilis PdaC (BsPdaC) is a membrane-bound, multidomain peptidoglycan N-deacetylase acting on N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) residues and conferring…”
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Expanding the chitin oligosaccharide portfolio by engineering NodC chitin synthases in Escherichia coli by Guidi, Chiara, Biarnés, Xevi, Planas, Antoni, De Mey, Marjan

“…[Display omitted] •For the first time reported, chitinheptaose was produced using a rhizobial chitin oligosaccharide synthase.•The in vivo…”
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Structural-Functional Analysis Reveals a Specific Domain Organization in Family GH20 Hexosaminidases by Val-Cid, Cristina, Biarnés, Xevi, Faijes, Magda, Planas, Antoni

“…Hexosaminidases are involved in important biological processes catalyzing the hydrolysis of N-acetyl-hexosaminyl residues in glycosaminoglycans and…”
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Analysis of the injuries and workload evolution using the RPE and s-RPE method in basketball by Garcia, Laura, Planas, Antoni, Peirau, Xavier

“…The quantification of training loads provides valuable information to reduce overtraining and detecting the risk of injury. The present study looks into the…”
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Formation of a Covalent Glycosyl-Enzyme Species in a Retaining Glycosyltransferase by Rojas-Cervellera, Víctor, Ardèvol, Albert, Boero, Mauro, Planas, Antoni, Rovira, Carme

“…Elusive glycosyl–enzyme adduct: Using classical MD simulations and QM/MM metadynamics, the long‐time sought glycosyl–enzyme covalent intermediate of a…”
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Chemical Rescue of α3-Galactosyltransferase. Implications in the Mechanism of Retaining Glycosyltransferases by Monegal, Ana, Planas, Antoni

“…The mechanism of retaining glycosyltransferases is still poorly understood and the subject of current debate. Both double displacement and front side single…”
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Integrative structure determination reveals functional global flexibility for an ultra-multimodular arabinanase by Lansky, Shifra, Salama, Rachel, Biarnés, Xevi, Shwartstein, Omer, Schneidman-Duhovny, Dina, Planas, Antoni, Shoham, Yuval, Shoham, Gil

“…AbnA is an extracellular GH43 α-L-arabinanase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus , a key bacterial enzyme in the degradation and utilization of arabinan. We…”
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