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ArticleApplied microbiology and biotechnology2021

Metagenomic identification, purification and characterisation of the Bifidobacterium adolescentis BgaC β-galactosidase.

Daniel Mehabie Mulualem, Christy Agbavwe, Lesley A Ogilvie, Brian V Jones, Michelle Kilcoyne, Conor O'Byrne, Aoife Boyd

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Article in Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Daniel Mehabie MulualemDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Christy AgbavweDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Lesley A OgilvieMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.
Brian V JonesDepartment of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Michelle KilcoyneDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Conor O'ByrneDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Aoife BoydDiscipline of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. aoife.boyd@nuigalway.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9792
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IEMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics · DEUniversity of Bath · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Members of the human gut microbiota use glycoside hydrolase (GH) enzymes, such as β-galactosidases, to forage on host mucin glycans and dietary fibres. A human faecal metagenomic fosmid library was constructed and functionally screened to identify novel β-galactosidases. Out of the 16,000 clones screened, 30 β-galactosidase-positive clones were identified. The β-galactosidase gene found in the majority of the clones was BAD_1582 from Bifidobacterium adolescentis, subsequently named bgaC. This gene was cloned with a hexahistidine tag, expressed in Escherichia coli and His-tagged-BgaC was purified using Ni

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Bifidobacterium adolescentisbeta-GalactosidaseGalactoseHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLactoseMetagenomeOligosaccharidesTemperaturebeta-GalactosidaseGalactoseLactoseOligosaccharidesBifidobacteriumEnzyme screeningMetagenomic libraryTransglycosylationβ-Galactosidase

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PMID33427933
PMCPMC7843569
OpenAlexW3120600473

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