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Attention CAZymologists! Upcoming conferences:
- Registration is now open for the 2013 Gordon Research Conference on Cellulosomes, Cellulases & Other Carbohydrate Modifying Enzymes. Follow the link for more information, including the schedule of world-leading speakers. Junior scientists are especially encouraged to attend the affiliated Gordon Research Seminar.
- Fifth Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family - ALAMY_5, October 20-24, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia.
2 May 2013: Adding on to the Lexicon: Today Spencer Williams added the finishing touches to the Lexicon page on Transglycosylases. Transglycosylation - the ability to non-hydrolytically rearrange glycosidic bonds between one or more substrates - is a feature of many Glycoside hydrolases, especially those which use the retaining mechanism. In such enzymes, the covalent glycosyl-enzyme reaction intermediate can be intercepted by either water (yielding hydrolysis) or a sugar "acceptor" substrate (yielding transglycosylation). Although transglycosylation is generally a side activity of retaining enzymes, a handful are naturally very predominant Transglycosylases. See the Lexicon page to learn more, including specific examples!