title: Polysaccharide lyases: recent developments as biotechnological tools.
abstract: Polysaccharide lyases, which are polysaccharide cleavage enzymes, act mainly on anionic polysaccharides. Produced by prokaryote and eukaryote organisms, these enzymes degrade (1,4) glycosidic bond by a beta elimination mechanism and have unsaturated oligosaccharides as major products. New polysaccharides are cleaved only by their specific polysaccharide lyases. From anionic polysaccharides controlled degradations, various biotechnological applications were investigated. This review catalogues the degradation of bacterial, plant and animal polysaccharides (neutral and anionic) by this family of carbohydrate acting enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Glucides--LPMV, IUT/Génie Biologique, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Avenue des Facultés, Le Bailly, 80025 Amiens Cedex, France. Philippe.Michaud@u-picardie.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Da Costa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Courtois
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Courtois
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases