{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["295(17)"],"submitter":["Claverie M"],"pubmed_abstract":["The dextransucrase DSR-OK from the Gram-positive bacterium <i>Oenococcus kitaharae</i> DSM17330 produces a dextran of the highest molar mass reported to date (∼10<sup>9</sup> g/mol). In this study, we selected a recombinant form, DSR-OKΔ1, to identify molecular determinants involved in the sugar polymerization mechanism and that confer its ability to produce a very-high-molar-mass polymer. In domain V of DSR-OK, we identified seven putative sugar-binding pockets characteristic of glycoside hydrolase 70 (GH70) glucansucrases that are known to be involved in glucan binding. We investigated their role in polymer synthesis through several approaches, including monitoring of dextran synthesis, affinity assays, sugar binding pocket deletions, site-directed mutagenesis, and construction of chimer"],"journal":["The Journal of biological chemistry"],"pagination":["5602-5613"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7186162"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Processivity of dextransucrases synthesizing very-high-molar-mass dextran is mediated by sugar-binding pockets in domain V."],"pmcid":["PMC7186162"],"pubmed_authors":["Remaud-Simeon M","Bondy P","Vuillemin M","Claverie M","Moulis C","Cioci G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Processivity of dextransucrases synthesizing very-high-molar-mass dextran is mediated by sugar-binding pockets in domain V.","description":"The dextransucrase DSR-OK from the Gram-positive bacterium <i>Oenococcus kitaharae</i> DSM17330 produces a dextran of the highest molar mass reported to date (∼10<sup>9</sup> g/mol). In this study, we selected a recombinant form, DSR-OKΔ1, to identify molecular determinants involved in the sugar polymerization mechanism and that confer its ability to produce a very-high-molar-mass polymer. In domain V of DSR-OK, we identified seven putative sugar-binding pockets characteristic of glycoside hydrolase 70 (GH70) glucansucrases that are known to be involved in glucan binding. We investigated their role in polymer synthesis through several approaches, including monitoring of dextran synthesis, affinity assays, sugar binding pocket deletions, site-directed mutagenesis, and construction of chimer","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Apr","modification":"2026-05-07T10:50:33.146Z","creation":"2022-02-09T15:58:40.056Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7186162","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32161118"],"doi":["10.1074/jbc.ra119.011995","10.1074/jbc.RA119.011995"]}}