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'''05 Sep 2012:''' ''Transglucosylases:'' The '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 70]]''' page by '''[[User:Magali Remaud-Simeon|Magali Remaud-Simeon]]''' has been copy-edited by [[Responsible Curator]] '''[[User:Stefan Janecek|Stefan Janecek]]''' and given [[:Category:Curator approved|Curator Approved]] status today.  '''[[GH70]]''' comprises a family of enzymes with the notable ability to build high molecular weight α-glucan polysaccharides from sucrose as a glucosyl donor substrate.  Depending the particular enzyme, α-1,2-; α-1,3-; α-1,4-; and/or α-1,6-linked glucans can be produced, which have applications in food, pharmaceutical, and fine chemical industries.  In addition, biofilms of α-1,3-glucans produced by the '''[[GH70]]''' enzymes of oral bacteria are also implicated in the formation of dental caries (cavities).  Learn more about this interesting family of CAZymes [[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 70|here]]!
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'''21 Jun 2012:''' ''A new home!'' ''CAZypedia'' has physically moved a few thousand kilometers around the globe, and is now been served to you from the [http://www.msl.ubc.ca/ Michael Smith Laboratories] at the [http://www.ubc.ca/ University of British Columbia] in Vancouver.  In conjunction with the move, we are extremely happy to report that [[User:Karen Eddy|Karen Eddy]], a summer project student at the MSL, has [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BiblioPlus re-coded the buggy Biblio extension], so that now ALL literature references from PubMed are properly inserted into ''CAZypedia'' pages.  Please do [[Special:Contact|let us know]] if you experience any problems with ''CAZypedia'' following the move.
 
'''21 Jun 2012:''' ''A new home!'' ''CAZypedia'' has physically moved a few thousand kilometers around the globe, and is now been served to you from the [http://www.msl.ubc.ca/ Michael Smith Laboratories] at the [http://www.ubc.ca/ University of British Columbia] in Vancouver.  In conjunction with the move, we are extremely happy to report that [[User:Karen Eddy|Karen Eddy]], a summer project student at the MSL, has [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BiblioPlus re-coded the buggy Biblio extension], so that now ALL literature references from PubMed are properly inserted into ''CAZypedia'' pages.  Please do [[Special:Contact|let us know]] if you experience any problems with ''CAZypedia'' following the move.
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'''30 Apr 2012:''' ''A new cellulase fold:'' On April 27, '''[[User:Harry Gilbert|Harry Gilbert]]''' completed the '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 124]]''' page here on ''CAZypedia.''  '''[[GH124]]''' is a comparatively new, but tiny, family in the CAZy classification.  This family is currently comprised of only three members (2 near-identical sequences from 2 ''Clostridium'' spp. and 1 from ''Ruminococcus albus''), but was defined as a GH family based on the demonstration of cellulase activity in one of the Clostridial members.  Remarkably, this enzyme was also shown to have a ''α''<sub>8</sub> superhelical fold, which has not been previously observed in cellulases, but is rather found in diverse lysozymes and lytic transglycosylases of [[GH23]] active on bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan. 
 
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'''09 Mar 2012:''' ''β-glucuronidases!:'' Hot on the heels of their recent seminal structural and biochemical characterization of a '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 79]]''' β-glucuronidase, '''[[User:Hitomi Ichinose|Hitomi Ichinose]]''' and '''[[User:Satoshi Kaneko|Satoshi Kaneko]]''' have just completed the '''[[GH79]]''' page in ''CAZypedia''.  '''[[GH79]]''' is currently a rather small family comprised of enzymes from bacteria, fungi, plants, and mammals, which remove glucuronic acid (GlcA) or 4-''O''-methyl glucuronic acid from a diversity of substrates, ranging from secondary metabolites to structural biomolecules such as proteoglycans and arabinogalactan proteins.  Click [[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 79|here]] to learn more about this interesting family!
 
 
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Revision as of 14:27, 5 September 2012

05 Sep 2012: Transglucosylases: The Glycoside Hydrolase Family 70 page by Magali Remaud-Simeon has been copy-edited by Responsible Curator Stefan Janecek and given Curator Approved status today. GH70 comprises a family of enzymes with the notable ability to build high molecular weight α-glucan polysaccharides from sucrose as a glucosyl donor substrate. Depending the particular enzyme, α-1,2-; α-1,3-; α-1,4-; and/or α-1,6-linked glucans can be produced, which have applications in food, pharmaceutical, and fine chemical industries. In addition, biofilms of α-1,3-glucans produced by the GH70 enzymes of oral bacteria are also implicated in the formation of dental caries (cavities). Learn more about this interesting family of CAZymes here!


21 Jun 2012: A new home! CAZypedia has physically moved a few thousand kilometers around the globe, and is now been served to you from the Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In conjunction with the move, we are extremely happy to report that Karen Eddy, a summer project student at the MSL, has re-coded the buggy Biblio extension, so that now ALL literature references from PubMed are properly inserted into CAZypedia pages. Please do let us know if you experience any problems with CAZypedia following the move.