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SUBMITTER: Elferink H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658089 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elferink Hidde H Bruekers Jeroen P J JPJ Veeneman Gerrit H GH Boltje Thomas J TJ
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 20200606 23
The human body is able to process and transport a complex variety of carbohydrates, unlocking their nutritional value as energy source or as important building block. The endogenous glycosyl hydrolases (glycosidases) and glycosyl transporter proteins located in the enterocytes of the small intestine play a crucial role in this process and digest and/or transport nutritional sugars based on their structural features. It is for these reasons that glycosidases and glycosyl transporters are interest ...[more]