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A healthy Bifidobacterium dentium caramel cocktail

β-d-fructofuranosyl glycosidases are enzymes that produce health-beneficial fructooligosaccharides from natural fructans. In a recent issue of JBC, Kashima et al. identified a novel α-d-fructofuranosyl-active enzyme, αFFase1, from the caries-associated bacterium Bifidobacterium dentium. αFFase1 reve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Teze, David, Svensson, Birte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34838821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101452
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Sumario:β-d-fructofuranosyl glycosidases are enzymes that produce health-beneficial fructooligosaccharides from natural fructans. In a recent issue of JBC, Kashima et al. identified a novel α-d-fructofuranosyl-active enzyme, αFFase1, from the caries-associated bacterium Bifidobacterium dentium. αFFase1 reversibly forms a potential prebiotic also found in caramel, difructose dianhydride I, via intramolecular condensation of the substrate inulobiose. Kashima et al. elegantly combine NMR, X-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics to describe an original mechanism for the reversible reactions catalyzed by αFFase1 that establishes the new glycoside hydrolase family GH172.