SusE facilitates starch uptake independent of starch binding in B. thetaiotaomicron

This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Human gut Bacteroidetes use multi‐protein cell surface complexes to catabolize numerous dietary polysaccharides that the host cannot digest. Here we reveal that starch‐binding proteins of the starch utilization system in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron facilitate glycan import independent of their binding sites and influence the length of glycan preferentially imported by the bacterium.
Source: Molecular Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Research Article Source Type: research