Recent Publications from the Esen's Lab
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Blanchard, D. J.,
M. Cicek, J. Chen, and A. Esen. 2001.
Identification of b-glucosidase aggregating factor
(BGAF) and mapping of BGAF binding regions on maize b-glucosidase".
J. Biol. Chem. 276: 11895-1190. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article. (779 kB PDF file).
Czjzek, M, M. Cicek, V. Zamboni, W. P. Burmeister,
D. R. Bevan, B. Henrissat, and A. Esen. 2001. Crystal structure of a monocot (maize ZMGlu1)
b-glucosidase and its complex with p-nitrophenyl-b-D-thioglucoside.
Biochem. J. 354: 37-46. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article (368 kB PDF file).
Czjzek, M., M. Cicek. V. Zamboni, D. R. Bevan, B. Henrissat, and A.
Esen. 2000. The Mechanism
of substrate (aglycone) specificity in b-glucosidases
is revealed by crystal structures of mutant maize b-glucosidase-DIMBOA,
-DIMBOAGlc, and -dhurrin complexes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.
97: 13555-13560. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article (1026 kB PDF file).
Cicek, M., D. J. Blanchard, D. R. Bevan, and A. Esen. 2000. The aglycone specificity determining sites
are different in 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA)-glucosidase
(maize b-glucosidase) and dhurrinase (sorghum b-glucosidase).
J. Biol. Chem. 275: 20002-20011. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article (605 kB PDF file).
Esen, A. and D. J. Blanchard. 2000. A specific b-glucosidase-aggregating factor is responsible for the b-glucosidase null phenotype in Maize. Plant Physiol. 122: 1-10. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article (342 kB PDF file).
Cicek, M. and A. Esen. 1999.
Expression of soluble and catalytically active plant (monocot) b-glucosidases
in E. coli. Biotech. & Bioeng. 63: 392-400. PubMed
Abstract.
Esen, A., and H. Bandaranayake. 1998.
Insertional polymorphism in introns 4 and 10 of the maize b-glucosidase
gene glu1. Genome 41:
597-604. PubMed
Abstract.
Cicek, M. and A. Esen. 1998.
Structure and expression of a dhurrinase (b-glucosidase)
from Sorghum bicolor (L.). Plant Physiol. 116: 1469-1478. PubMed
Abstract. Full
text article (419 kB PDF file).
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Books or Other One-time Publication
Esen, A.
(In press). b-Glucosidases.
In J. R. Whitaker, A. G. J. Voragen, and D. Wong (eds.) "Handbook of
Food Enzymology". Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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