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ArticleInternational journal of biochemistry and molecular biology2023

Periplasmic β-glucosidase BglX from

Lorna Ngo, Joshua Weimer, Li Sui, Tara Pickens, Nina V Stourman

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Article in International journal of biochemistry and molecular biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lorna NgoDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555, USA.
Joshua WeimerDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555, USA.
Li SuiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555, USA.
Tara PickensDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555, USA.
Nina V StourmanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555, USA.
Youngstown State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe diverse nature of carbohydrate structures and linkages requires a variety of enzymes responsible for sugar degradation. The

objectivesWe investigated the catalytic properties of the

methodsThe

resultsSubstrate specificity tests indicated that the BglX enzyme hydrolyzes β-glycosidic bonds in nitrophenyl-β-glycosides and demonstrates greater activity towards galactose-containing substrates compared to glucose derivatives. Monomeric glucose and galactose inhibit enzyme activity to a different degree in a substrate-dependent manner. In addition, BglX can hydrolyze lactose but not cellobiose, maltose, or laminarin. Subsequently,

conclusionsThe low activity towards glucose-containing substrates and significantly elevated activity towards galactosides suggests that β-glucosidase activity may not be the primary function of the BglX enzyme.

Indexed as

BglXE. colienzyme activityperiplasmic proteinβ-glucosidase

Identifiers

PMID37736388
PMCPMC10509532
OpenAlexW4386944856

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