› Peptidoglycan deacetylases. Dual N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetyl-muramic acid specificities, structures and biological functions - Antoni Planas, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, University Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
08:30-09:10 (40min)
› Structural and functional insights into the mode of action of a modular lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase - Gaston Courtade, NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
09:10-09:30 (20min)
› The human GDP-mannose-4,6-dehydratase reveals the minimal active site needed for NDP-sugar dehydration. - Pfeiffer Martin, Technische Universität Graz
09:30-09:50 (20min)
› Enzymatic cleavage of lignin-carbohydrate complexes by fungal glucuronoyl esterases - Jane Agger, Technical University of Denmark [Lyngby]
09:50-10:10 (20min)
› Engineering of the production of health-promoting glucos-inolates in heterologous hosts - Barbara Ann Halkier, DynaMo Center of Excellence, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Thorvald-sensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
10:40-11:20 (40min)
› Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Thio-linked Heparinoid Polysaccharides for Anti-Cancer Applications - Paul DeAngelis, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Glycosidase-catalyzed synthesis of glycosyl esters and phenolic glycosides - Vladimir Kren, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences,Laboratory of Biotransformation, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14220, Prague 4
11:40-12:00 (20min)
› Metabolic and enzyme engineering to produce high quantities of the steviol glycoside Rebaudioside M in S. cerevisiae - Gale Wichmann, Amyris
12:00-12:20 (20min)
› Tools for structural bioinformatics; design of a chimeric GH10 CBM-containing hydrolase - Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
13:50-14:30 (40min)
› Efficient conversion of GHs into transglycosylases: a conservation-based approach - David Teze, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› BindScan: a computer-assisted protein design algorithm with applications in re-engineering CAZymes. - Xevi Biarnés, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Enzymatic glucosylation of a chemically-protected tetrasaccharide to access antigenic oligosaccharides - Mounir Benkoulouche, Laboratoire dÍngénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
15:10-15:30 (20min)
Polysaccharide metabolism & carbohydrate transport
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Chair: Marco Moracci
› Completing the pathways of polysaccharide metabolism by marine heterotrophic bacteria - Mirjam Czjzek, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Bio-logique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, Bretagne, France
17:00-17:40 (40min)
› Prevotella beta-Mannan Utilization Loci: From the Rumen to the Human - Harry Brumer, University of British Columbia
17:40-18:00 (20min)
› The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome: Structure of the Amy12 pullulanase and its starch-binding protein partner Doc20 - Nicole Koropatkin, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] - Darrell Cockburn, Pennsylvania State University - Ryan Kibler, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor]
18:00-18:20 (20min)
› Novel insights into mucin degradation by key members of the human gut microbiota - Lucy Crouch, Newcastle University
18:20-18:40 (20min)
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