Taxonomic group: fungi / Ascomycota
(Phylum: Ascomycota)
NCBI PubMed ID: 27987813Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.10.084Journal NLM ID: 8307156Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: junliu
yzu.edu.cn
Institutions: College of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Endophytes are microorganisms that colonize living, internal tissues of plants without causing any immediate, overt negative effects. In recent years, both endophytic bacteria and fungi have been demonstrated to be excellent exopolysaccharides (EPS) producers. This review focuses on the recent advances in EPS produced by endophytes, including its production, isolation and purification, structural characterization, physiological role and biological activity. In general, EPS production is influenced by media components and cultivation conditions. The structures of purified EPS range from linear homopolysaccharides to highly branched heteropolysaccharides. These structurally novel EPS not only play important roles in plant-endophyte interactions; but also exhibit several biological functions, such as antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and prebiotic activities. In order to utilize endophytic EPS on an industrial scale, both yield and productivity enhancement strategies are required at several levels. Besides, the exact mechanisms on the physiological roles and biological functions of EPS should be elucidated in future.
exopolysaccharides, biological activity, Structural characterization, endophytes, physiological role
Structure type: homopolymer ; 200000
Location inside paper: Table 3, EP-1
Compound class: EPS, glucan
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1397514,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_153543,IEDB_158555,IEDB_161166,IEDB_558869,IEDB_857743,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Comments, role: complete structure was published in ref. [Mahapatra and Banerjee, 2016]
Related record ID(s): 43158, 43160, 43161, 43162, 43164
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1325273Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G51056AN
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