The book is based on papers presented in the 2008 Agricultural Biotechnology Symposium Carbohydrate-active enzymes: structure, function and applications held on September 26th-27th 2008 in Seoul National University, Korea. This symposium was organized by the Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University, Korea, which has organized symposia on agricultural biotechnology annually since 1990. Many important results on new types of carbohydrate-active enzymes and their applications have been reported at these meetings. Papers in Part one of this collection focus on structure-function relationships of carbohydrate-active enzymes. Papers in Part two discuss functions and applications of carbohydrate-active enzymes, such as enzymes for grain processing and glycosidases and their mutants as useful tools for glycoside synthesis.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Carbohydrate-active enzymes: structure, function and applications is an essential reference for research scientists, post-graduate students and those in the food industry with an interest in enzymes.

Contents

PART 1 STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP OF CARBOHYDRATE-ACTIVE ENZYMES

Biosynthesis of polysaccharides J F Robyt

a-Amylase. Interaction with polysaccharides substrates, proteinaceous inhibitors and regulatory protein E S Seo, M M Nielsen, J M Andersen, M B Vester-Christensen, J M Jensen, C Christiansen, A Dilokpimol, M Abou Hachem, P Hägglund, K Maeda1, C Finnie, A Blennow and B Svensson

Why could isopullulanase, an odd pullulan-hydrolyzing enzyme, be discovered? Y Sakano

Sequence fingerprints in the evolution of the a-amylase family S Janecek

Molecular mechanism of a-glucosidase M Okuyama, H Mori, H Hondoh, H Nakai, W Saburi, M S Kang, Y M Kim, M Nishimoto, J Wongchawalit, T Yamamoto, M Son, J H Lee, S S Mar, K Fukuda, S Chiba and A Kimura

Structure, function and applications of microbial b-galactosidase (lactase) B H Lee

Structural feature of the archeal glycogen debranching enzyme from Sulfolobus solfataricus E J Woo, S Lee, H Cha, J T Park, S M Yoon, H N Song and K H Park

Molecular cloning of the amylosucrase gene from a moderate thermophilic bacterium Deinococcus geothermalis and analysis of its dual enzyme activity D H Seo, J H Jung, S J Ha, S H Yoo, T J Kim, J Cha and C S Park

Substrate specificity, kinetic mechanism and oligomeric states of cyclomaltodextrinase from alkalophillic Bacillus sp. I-5 H Lee

PART 2 FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF CARBOHYDRATE-ACTIVE ENZYMES

Enzymatic modification of starch for food industry K H Park, J H Park, S lee S H Yoo and J W Kim

Glycosylation of carboxylic group: a new reaction of sucrose phosphorylases K Nomura, K Sugimoto, H Nishiura and T Kuriki

Strategy for converting an inverting glycoside hydrolase into a glycosynthase M Kitaoka, Y Honda, M Hidaka and S Fushinobu

Characterization of novel glycosides using the glucansucrase Y H Moon, Y M Kim and D Kim

Microbial exo- and endo-arabinosyl hydrolases: structure, function, and application in L-arabinose production T J Kim

Enzymatic synthesis and properties of trehalose analogues as disaccharide and Trisaccharide S B Lee, S I Ryu, H M Kim and B G Kim

Glycosidases and their mutants as useful tools for glycoside synthesis Y W Kim

Enzymes for grain processing: review of recent development in glucose production S H Lee and J K Shetty

Characteristics of archaeal maltogenic amylases D Li, J T Park, X Li, S K Kim, Y W Kim, S Lee, Y R Kim, B H Lee and K H Park