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Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families

The carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZy) database is an invaluable resource for glycobiology and currently contains 45 glycosyltransferase families that are represented in plants. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) have many functions in plants, but the majority are likely to be involved in biosynthesis of pol...

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Autores principales: Hansen, Sara Fasmer, Harholt, Jesper, Oikawa, Ai, Scheller, Henrik V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629278
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00059
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description The carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZy) database is an invaluable resource for glycobiology and currently contains 45 glycosyltransferase families that are represented in plants. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) have many functions in plants, but the majority are likely to be involved in biosynthesis of polysaccharides and glycoproteins in the plant cell wall. Bioinformatic approaches and structural modeling suggest that a number of protein families in plants include GTs that have not yet been identified as such and are therefore not included in CAZy. These families include proteins with domain of unknown function (DUF) DUF23, DUF246, and DUF266. The evidence for these proteins being GTs and their possible roles in cell wall biosynthesis is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-33555072012-05-24 Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families Hansen, Sara Fasmer Harholt, Jesper Oikawa, Ai Scheller, Henrik V. Front Plant Sci Plant Science The carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZy) database is an invaluable resource for glycobiology and currently contains 45 glycosyltransferase families that are represented in plants. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) have many functions in plants, but the majority are likely to be involved in biosynthesis of polysaccharides and glycoproteins in the plant cell wall. Bioinformatic approaches and structural modeling suggest that a number of protein families in plants include GTs that have not yet been identified as such and are therefore not included in CAZy. These families include proteins with domain of unknown function (DUF) DUF23, DUF246, and DUF266. The evidence for these proteins being GTs and their possible roles in cell wall biosynthesis is discussed. Frontiers Research Foundation 2012-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3355507/ /pubmed/22629278 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00059 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hansen, Harholt, Oikawa and Scheller. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited.
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Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title_full Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title_fullStr Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title_full_unstemmed Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title_short Plant Glycosyltransferases Beyond CAZy: A Perspective on DUF Families
title_sort plant glycosyltransferases beyond cazy: a perspective on duf families
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355507/
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