Insight into the Functionality of an Unusual Glycoside Hydrolase from Family 50

Agarose and porphyran are related galactans that are only found within red marine algae. As such, marine microorganisms have adapted to using these polysaccharides as carbon sources through the acquisition of unique Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZymes). A recent metagenome study of the microbiomes...

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Main Author: Giles, Kaleigh
Other Authors: Boraston, Alisdair Bennett
Language:English
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Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5832