| Literature DB >> 15224891 |
P Michaud1, A Da Costa, B Courtois, J Courtois.
Abstract
Polysaccharide lyases, which are polysaccharide cleavage enzymes, act mainly on anionic polysaccharides. Produced by prokaryote and eukaryote organisms, these enzymes degrade (1,4) glycosidic bond by a beta elimination mechanism and have unsaturated oligosaccharides as major products. New polysaccharides are cleaved only by their specific polysaccharide lyases. From anionic polysaccharides controlled degradations, various biotechnological applications were investigated. This review catalogues the degradation of bacterial, plant and animal polysaccharides (neutral and anionic) by this family of carbohydrate acting enzymes.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 15224891 DOI: 10.1080/07388550390447043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Rev Biotechnol ISSN: 0738-8551 Impact factor: 8.429