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SUBMITTER: Larsbrink J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282169 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larsbrink Johan J Rogers Theresa E TE Hemsworth Glyn R GR McKee Lauren S LS Tauzin Alexandra S AS Spadiut Oliver O Klinter Stefan S Pudlo Nicholas A NA Urs Karthik K Koropatkin Nicole M NM Creagh A Louise AL Haynes Charles A CA Kelly Amelia G AG Cederholm Stefan Nilsson SN Davies Gideon J GJ Martens Eric C EC Brumer Harry H
Nature 20140119 7489
A well-balanced human diet includes a significant intake of non-starch polysaccharides, collectively termed 'dietary fibre', from the cell walls of diverse fruits and vegetables. Owing to the paucity of alimentary enzymes encoded by the human genome, our ability to derive energy from dietary fibre depends on the saccharification and fermentation of complex carbohydrates by the massive microbial community residing in our distal gut. The xyloglucans (XyGs) are a ubiquitous family of highly branche ...[more]