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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Investigating the Product Profiles and Structural Relationships of New Levansucrases with Conventional and Non-Conventional Substrates.

Andrea Hill, Salwa Karboune, Tarun J Narwani, Alexandre G de Brevern

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular Basis ofJournal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025
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  2. Levansucrase: Enzymatic Synthesis of Engineered Prebiotics.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea HillDepartment of Food Science, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6132-8729
Salwa KarbouneDepartment of Food Science, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8718-8725
Tarun J NarwaniINSERM, UMR-S 1134, Dynamique des Structures et Interactions des Macromolécules Biologiques (DSIMB), Univ Paris, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine (INTS), 75015 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8560-9880
Alexandre G de BrevernINSERM, UMR-S 1134, Dynamique des Structures et Interactions des Macromolécules Biologiques (DSIMB), Univ Paris, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine (INTS), 75015 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7112-5626
Inserm · FRMcGill University · CA

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation 36708Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2016-05042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synthesis of complex oligosaccharides is desired for their potential as prebiotics, and their role in the pharmaceutical and food industry. Levansucrase (LS, EC 2.4.1.10), a fructosyl-transferase, can catalyze the synthesis of these compounds. LS acquires a fructosyl residue from a donor molecule and performs a non-Lenoir transfer to an acceptor molecule, via β-(2→6)-glycosidic linkages. Genome mining was used to uncover new LS enzymes with increased transfructosylating activity and wider acceptor promiscuity, with an initial screening revealing five LS enzymes. The product profiles and activities of these enzymes were examined after their incubation with sucrose. Alternate acceptor molecules were also incubated with the enzymes to study their consumption. LSs from

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesBiocatalysisBurkholderiaceaeFructansFructoseGene ExpressionGluconobacter oxydansHexosyltransferasesHumansKineticsMolecular Docking SimulationOligosaccharidesPrebioticsProtein BindingProtein ConformationFructansFructoseHexosyltransferaseslevansucraseOligosaccharidesPrebioticsRaffinoseRecombinant ProteinsSucroseacceptor specificityalcoholfructooligosaccharidefructosylationhomology modelinglevansucraseprebiotic

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PMID32751348
PMCPMC7432509
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