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'''19 March 2015:'''  ''Closing-in on 100:'' ''CAZypedia'' is on the way to an important milestone, our 100th [[Curator Approved]] [[Glycoside Hydrolase Families|Glycoside Hydrolase Family]] page.  Thanks go to our colleagues '''[[User:Tomomi Sumida|Tomomi Sumida]]''', who completed the '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 123]]''' page on March 17, and '''[[User:Wataru Saburi|Wataru Saburi]]''' and '''[[User:Haruhide Mori|Haruhide Mori]]''', who completed the '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 130]]''' page on March 18.  Members of these two [[Glycoside Hydrolase Families|GH families]] represent very distinct structures, specificities, and mechanisms, about which you can learn more on their individual pages.  The high GH family numbers of these two groups reflect their comparatively recent addition to the [http://www.cazy.org/Glycoside-Hydrolases.html CAZy Database] and highlight the continuing evolution of the field through the discovery of new CAZymes.
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'''28 July 2015:'''  ''100 GH FAMILIES!!!''<br><br>
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We are extremely pleased to announce that today, ''CAZypedia'' has reached the key milestone of 100 [[Curator Approved]] [[Glycoside Hydrolase Families|Glycoside Hydrolase Family]] pages, thanks to the completion of the '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 12]]''' page by '''[[User:Gerlind Sulzenbacher|Gerlind Sulzenbacher]]'''.  '''[[GH12]]''' is one of the classic cellulase families defined in the original CAZy classification ([http://www.cazy.org/GH12.html formerly known as cellulase family H]), which comprises microbial endo-glucanases and endo-xyloglucanases.  The completion of this page is especially timely in advance of the upcoming [http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12846 The 2015 GRC on Cellulosomes, Cellulases & Other Carbohydrate Modifying Enzymes]. '''[[User:Gerlind Sulzenbacher|Gerlind]]''' solved the seminal structure in this family, and we would especially like to thank her  for producing a very nice summary and series of figures for the "Three-dimensional structures" section.<br><br>
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'''23 February 2015:''' ''The sites that bind:'' '''[[User:Birte Svensson|Birte Svensson]]''' and '''[[User:Darrell Cockburn|Darrell Cockburn]]''' have completed the '''[[Surface Binding Site]]''' page within the ''CAZypedia'' [[Lexicon]].  Surface binding sites are substrate-binding regions found on the catalytic domain of carbohydrate-active enzymes and appear to play complementary roles to carbohydrate-binding modules in facilitating the action of polysaccharide-degrading glycoside hydrolases. ''Read more about these intriguing features and their distribution among CAZymes [[Surface Binding Site|here]].''
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The [[Board_of_Curators]] would also like to take the opportunity of this key milestone to express our sincere gratitude to our many expert [[:Category:Contributors|Contributors]] for their time and dedication to building ''CAZypedia'' as a community-based resource.
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'''20 February 2015:'''  ''One for the Gals:'' '''[[User:Harry Gilbert|Harry Gilbert]]''' has given the '''[[Carbohydrate Binding Module Family 62]]''' page, which was authored by '''[[User:Cedric Montanier|Cedric Montanier]]''', [[Curator Approved]] status today. Functional and structural characterization of the archetypal '''[[CBM62]]''' member from a ''Clostridium thermocellum'' xylanase revealed a strong affinity for galactose residues of either anomeric configuration on plant polysaccharides. Although the precise roles of this and other '''[[CBM62]]''' members remains somewhat ambiguous, it is clear that these modules are relevant to the targeting of enzymes to the composite plant cell wall. ''Read more about the work of the all-star team that put [[CBM62]] on the map (of CAZy families), [[Carbohydrate Binding Module Family 62|here]].''
 
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'''19 January 2015:'''  ''Still in the high 70's today:'' '''[[User:Zui Fujimoto|Zui Fujimoto]]''' brought the '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 78]]''' page up to [[Curator Approved]] status today, making it ''CAZypedia's'' 97th approved GH page. '''[[GH78]]''' is a family of archaeal, bacterial, and fungal alpha-L-rhamnosidases that cleave diverse flavonoid glycosides, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids from plants.  ''Read more on these ecologically relevant enzymes [[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 78|here]].''
 
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'''7 January 2015:'''  ''Love your guts:'' ''CAZypedia'' is ringing in the new year with a new '''[[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 76]]''' page by '''[[User:Spencer Williams|Spencer Williams]]'''.  '''[[GH76]]''' contains endo-acting &alpha;-mannanases, including members from the human gut bacterium ''Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron'' that enable us to degrade yeast mannans in our diet.  A very recent publication in ''Nature'', notably involving ''CAZypedia'' contributors '''[[User:Michael Suits|Michael Suits]]''', '''[[User:Al Boraston|Al Boraston]]''', '''[[User:Spencer Williams|Spencer Williams]]''', '''[[User:Gideon Davies|Gideon Davies]]''', '''[[User:Wade Abbott|Wade Abbott]]''', and '''[[User:Harry Gilbert|Harry Gilbert]]''', has recently shed new light on the structure, mechanism, and biological function of these enzymes. ''Read more [[Glycoside Hydrolase Family 76|here]]!''
 
 
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Revision as of 14:38, 28 July 2015

28 July 2015: 100 GH FAMILIES!!!

We are extremely pleased to announce that today, CAZypedia has reached the key milestone of 100 Curator Approved Glycoside Hydrolase Family pages, thanks to the completion of the Glycoside Hydrolase Family 12 page by Gerlind Sulzenbacher. GH12 is one of the classic cellulase families defined in the original CAZy classification (formerly known as cellulase family H), which comprises microbial endo-glucanases and endo-xyloglucanases. The completion of this page is especially timely in advance of the upcoming The 2015 GRC on Cellulosomes, Cellulases & Other Carbohydrate Modifying Enzymes. Gerlind solved the seminal structure in this family, and we would especially like to thank her for producing a very nice summary and series of figures for the "Three-dimensional structures" section.

The Board_of_Curators would also like to take the opportunity of this key milestone to express our sincere gratitude to our many expert Contributors for their time and dedication to building CAZypedia as a community-based resource.

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