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Fructans of the saline world

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dc.contributor.authorTOKSOY ÖNER, EBRU
dc.contributor.authorsKirtel, Onur; Versluys, Maxime; Van den Ende, Wim; Oner, Ebru Toksoy
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-10T11:38:30Z
dc.date.available2022-03-10T11:38:30Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractSaline and hypersaline environments make up the largest ecosystem on earth and the organisms living in such water-restricted environments have developed unique ways to cope with high salinity. As such these organisms not only carry significant industrial potential in a world where freshwater supplies are rapidly diminishing, but they also shed light upon the origins and extremes of life. One largely overlooked and potentially important feature of many salt-loving organisms is their ability to produce fructans, fructose polymers widely found in various mesophilic Eubacteria and plants, with potential functions as storage carbohydrates, aiding stress tolerance, and acting as virulence factors or signaling molecules. Intriguingly, within the whole archaeal domain of life, Archaea possessing putative fructan biosynthetic enzymes were found to belong to the extremely halophilic class of Halobacteria only, indicating a strong, yet unexplored link between the fructan syndrome and salinity. In fact, this link may indeed lead to novel strategies in fighting the global salinization problem. Hence this review explores the unknown world of fructanogenic salt-loving organisms, where water scarcity is the main stress factor for life. Within this scope, prokaryotes and plants of the saline world are discussed in detail, with special emphasis on their salt adaptation mechanisms, the potential roles of fructans and fructosyltransferase enzymes in adaptation and survival as well as future aspects for all fructanogenic salt-loving domains of life.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.06.009
dc.identifier.eissn1873-1899
dc.identifier.issn0734-9750
dc.identifier.pubmed29935267
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/219743
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000441681300008
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartofBIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSalinity
dc.subjectHalophile
dc.subjectHalophyte
dc.subjectFructan
dc.subjectFructosyltransferase
dc.subjectArchaea
dc.subjectWHEAT TRITICUM-AESTIVUM
dc.subjectSALT-TOLERANCE
dc.subjectSOIL-SALINITY
dc.subjectGLYCINE-BETAINE
dc.subjectABSCISIC-ACID
dc.subjectFREEZING TOLERANCE
dc.subjectCRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
dc.subjectIRRIGATION WATER
dc.subjectENZYME-ACTIVITY
dc.subjectAMINO-ACID
dc.titleFructans of the saline world
dc.typereview
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local.journal.numberofpages16
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oaire.citation.endPage1539
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.startPage1524
oaire.citation.titleBIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
oaire.citation.volume36
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