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Mechanism of Cyclic β-Glucan Production

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Cyclic β-Glucans from Microorganisms

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The primary genes involved in β-(1,2) cyclic glucan synthesis and transport in Rhizobiaceae and Agrobacteriaceae are chv A, chv B, ndv A, and ndv B. The genes, ndv B and ndv C are involved in β-(1,3) glucan synthesis. The genes, ndvB, ndvC, and ndvD are involved in the synthesis of β-(1,3)-(1,6) cyclic. The genes opgG, H, B, C, D, I, opg HXcv, cgs, and cgm are also responsible for the synthesis of periplasmic glucans in Proteobacteria. In the early stages of polysaccharide synthesis pentose-phosphate and Entner–Doudoroff pathways are involved. The enzymes, cyclic glucan synthase and β-(1,3), β-(1,6)-(1,3), and β-(1,3)-(1,6) glucosyltransferase catalyse the biosynthesis process in the respective glucan synthesis. The β-glucanases are involved in the degradation of glucans.

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Venkatachalam, G., Gummadi, S., Doble, M. (2013). Mechanism of Cyclic β-Glucan Production. In: Cyclic β-Glucans from Microorganisms. SpringerBriefs in Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32995-1_7

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