Search Results - "Tailford, Louise E"
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Mucin glycan foraging in the human gut microbiome
Published in Frontiers in genetics (19-03-2015)“…The availability of host and dietary carbohydrates in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a key role in shaping the structure-function of the microbiota. In…”
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Utilisation of mucin glycans by the human gut symbiont Ruminococcus gnavus is strain-dependent
Published in PloS one (25-10-2013)“…Commensal bacteria often have an especially rich source of glycan-degrading enzymes which allow them to utilize undigested carbohydrates from the food or the…”
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Discovery of intramolecular trans-sialidases in human gut microbiota suggests novel mechanisms of mucosal adaptation
Published in Nature communications (08-07-2015)“…The gastrointestinal mucus layer is colonized by a dense community of microbes catabolizing dietary and host carbohydrates during their expansion in the gut…”
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Unravelling the specificity and mechanism of sialic acid recognition by the gut symbiont Ruminococcus gnavus
Published in Nature communications (19-12-2017)“…Ruminococcus gnavus is a human gut symbiont wherein the ability to degrade mucins is mediated by an intramolecular trans -sialidase ( Rg NanH). Rg NanH…”
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Structural basis for adaptation of lactobacilli to gastrointestinal mucus
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-03-2014)“…Summary The mucus layer covering the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium is critical in selecting and maintaining homeostatic interactions with our gut bacteria…”
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Insights into Plant Cell Wall Degradation from the Genome Sequence of the Soil Bacterium Cellvibrio japonicus
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-08-2008)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Crystal Structure of a Mucus-binding Protein Repeat Reveals an Unexpected Functional Immunoglobulin Binding Activity
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (20-11-2009)“…Lactobacillus reuteri mucus-binding protein (MUB) is a cell-surface protein that is involved in bacterial interaction with mucus and colonization of the…”
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Genome Sequence of the Vertebrate Gut Symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 53608
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-08-2011)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Differential Epitope Mapping by STD NMR Spectroscopy To Reveal the Nature of Protein–Ligand Contacts
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (27-11-2017)“…Saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR spectroscopy is extensively used to obtain epitope maps of ligands binding to protein receptors, thereby revealing…”
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Multifrequency-STD NMR unveils the first Michaelis complex of an intramolecular trans-sialidase from Ruminococcus gnavus
Published in Bioorganic chemistry (01-12-2024)“…[Display omitted] •RgNanH-GH33 is an intramolecular trans-sialidase expressed by the human gut symbiont Ruminococcus gnavus, to utilise intestinal sialylated…”
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Insights into the Molecular Determinants of Substrate Specificity in Glycoside Hydrolase Family 5 Revealed by the Crystal Structure and Kinetics of Cellvibrio mixtus Mannosidase 5A
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (11-06-2004)“…The enzymatic hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond is central to numerous biological processes. Glycoside hydrolases, which catalyze these reactions, are grouped…”
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Structural dissection and high-throughput screening of mannosylglycerate synthase
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-07-2005)“…The enzymatic transfer of activated mannose yields mannosides in glycoconjugates and oligo- and polysaccharides. Yet, despite its biological necessity, the…”
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The mucin-degradation strategy of Ruminococcus gnavus: The importance of intramolecular trans-sialidases
Published in Gut microbes (03-07-2016)“…We previously identified and characterized an intramolecular trans-sialidase (IT-sialidase) in the gut symbiont Ruminococcus gnavus ATCC 29149, which is…”
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Mining the “glycocode”—exploring the spatial distribution of glycans in gastrointestinal mucin using force spectroscopy
Published in The FASEB journal (01-06-2013)“…Mucins are the main components of the gastrointestinal mucus layer. Mucin glycosylation is critical to most intermolecular and intercellular interactions…”
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Membrane-enclosed multienzyme (MEME) synthesis of 2,7-anhydro-sialic acid derivatives
Published in Carbohydrate research (08-11-2017)“…Naturally occurring 2,7-anhydro-alpha-N-acetylneuraminic acid (2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac) is a transglycosylation product of bacterial intramolecular trans-sialidases…”
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Structural and biochemical evidence for a boat-like transition state in β-mannosidases
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-05-2008)“…Enzyme inhibition through mimicry of the transition state is a major area for the design of new therapeutic agents. Emerging evidence suggests that many…”
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Understanding How Diverse β-Mannanases Recognize Heterogeneous Substrates
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (28-07-2009)“…The mechanism by which polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzymes manifest specificity toward heterogeneous substrates, in which the sequence of sugars is variable, is…”
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Mannose Foraging by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron: STRUCTURE AND SPECIFICITY OF THE β-MANNOSIDASE, BtMan2A
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (13-04-2007)“…The human colonic bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, which plays an important role in maintaining human health, produces an extensive array of exo-acting…”
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Differential Epitope Mapping by STD NMR Spectroscopy To Reveal the Nature of Protein–Ligand Contacts
Published in Angewandte Chemie (27-11-2017)“…Saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR spectroscopy is extensively used to obtain epitope maps of ligands binding to protein receptors, thereby revealing…”
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Substrate and Metal Ion Promiscuity in Mannosylglycerate Synthase
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (29-04-2011)“…The enzymatic transfer of the sugar mannose from activated sugar donors is central to the synthesis of a wide range of biologically significant polysaccharides…”
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