Polysaccharide lyases from gellan-producing Sphingomonas spp
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Several Sphingomonas strains capable of synthesizing the bacterial exopolysaccharide gellan and related polymers were found to have constitutive gellanase activity. The degradation of deacylated gellan was due to extracellular, eliminase-type enzymes or lyases which cleave the sequence ...beta-D-glucosyl 1,4-beta-D-glucuronosyl... in the tetrasaccharide repeat unit of the substrate polysaccharides. The enzymes had very little activity against the natural, acylated gellan and rhamsan polysaccharides from Sphingomonas strains.
Publication Name: Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1350-0872
Year: 1996
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Identification of two glycosylated components of Mycoplasma penetrans: a surface-exposed capsular polysaccharide and a glycolipid fraction
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Transmission electron microscopy revealed the presence of a 11- to 30-nm capsular material surrounding Mycoplasma penetrans. Staining studies suggest that this capsular material is composed of polysaccharides and anchored to the plasma membrane by polypeptides. Electrophoretic analysis revealed the presence of high- and low-molecular mass glycosylated materials in the capsule with different heat and enzyme sensitivities.
Publication Name: Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1350-0872
Year: 1998
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A novel gene, algK, from the alginate biosynthetic cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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The cloning and sequencing of the new gene called algK which is involved in the biosynthesis of alginate from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was identified. This gene which lies between alg44 and algE genes of the operon encodes a poorly expressed preprotein of approximately 53 kDa which is processed to form a mature polypeptide. AlgK is found to be periplasmic in location and is most likely anchored to the inner membrane.
Publication Name: Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1350-0872
Year: 1997
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