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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tagami, Takayoshi

Titel

Structural insights into starch-metabolizing enzymes and their applications

Ist Teil von

• Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 2024-07, Vol.88 (8), p.864-871

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Starch is a polysaccharide produced exclusively through photosynthesis in plants and algae; however, is utilized as an energy source by most organisms, from microorganisms to higher organisms. In mammals and germinating seeds of plants, starch is metabolized by simple hydrolysis pathways. Moreover, starch metabolic pathways via unique oligosaccharides have been discovered in some bacteria. Each organism has evolved enzymes responsible for starch metabolism that are diverse in their enzymatic properties. This review, focusing on eukaryotic α-glucosidases and bacterial α-glucoside-hydrolyzing enzymes, summarizes the structural aspects of starch-metabolizing enzymes belonging to glycoside hydrolase families 15, 31, and 77 and their application for oligosaccharide production.