Marine Functional Carbohydrates: Enzymatic Manufacturing and Activity Evaluation
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 432
Special Issue Editor
Interests: enzymes in glycan modification; functional glycan biosynthesis; bioactivity evaluation; probiotics excavation and engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine functional carbohydrates present vast opportunities for nutraceutical, medicine, and food discovery. In order to fully utilize and exploit these resources, biological tools including enzymes and microorganisms can be employed to exert effective and efficient impacts on carbohydrate acquisition and glycan processing. Recent advances in DNA sequencing and high-thoughput screening have led to significant developments in the exploration of novel efficient biocatalysts. In addition, omics research such as genomics and metabolomics also promote activity evaluation studies at a deeper level using cell and animal models.
For this Special Issue, we invite original research articles and reviews that highlight both the biocatalysts used for the manufacturing of marine functional carbohydrates and the biological activity assessment of known or novel marine carbohydrates.
Dr. Heng Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enzyme characterization
- enzyme expression and modification
- microorganism isolation and optimization
- carbohydrate manufacturing with enzyme/microorganisms
- marine polysaccharides and oligosaccharides
- activity evaluation
- cell and animal model
- impact on microflora or specific microorganisms
- omics research
- mechanism analysis
