13TH CARBOHYDRATE BIOENGINEERING MEETING

›8:30 (1h40)

Auxiliary activities enzymes & carbohydrate esterases
Chair: Bernd Nidetzky

› Amphitheater

8:30 - 10:10 (1h40)

Auxiliary activities enzymes & carbohydrate esterases

Amphitheater

Chair: Bernd Nidetzky

› 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)

›10:10 (30min)

Coffee break

10:10 - 10:40 (30min)

Coffee break

›10:40 (1h40)

Glycobiotechnologies
Chair: Takashi Kuriki

› Amphitheater

10:40 - 12:20 (1h40)

Glycobiotechnologies

Amphitheater

Chair: Takashi Kuriki

› 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)

›12:20 (1h30)

Lunch (1h30)

12:20 - 13:50 (1h30)

Lunch (1h30)

›13:50 (1h40)

CAZyme engineering and computer-assisted design
Chair: Pedro M. Coutinho

› Amphitheater

13:50 - 15:30 (1h40)

CAZyme engineering and computer-assisted design

Amphitheater

Chair: Pedro M. Coutinho

› 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)

›15:30 (1h)

Poster session 2

15:30 - 16:30 (1h)

Poster session 2

›16:30 (30min)

Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›17:00 (1h40)

Polysaccharide metabolism & carbohydrate transport
Chair: Marco Moracci

› Amphitheater

17:00 - 18:40 (1h40)

Polysaccharide metabolism & carbohydrate transport

Amphitheater

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)

›20:00 (3h55)

Dinner

20:00 - 23:55 (3h55)

Dinner