How did bacterial glycogen branching enzymes evolve?

Glycogen plays important roles in carbon and energy storage in bacteria, with highly branched structures linked with bacterial environmental durability, including the ability to survive in deep sea vents.

Dr Liang Wang at the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai & Ms Qing-Hua Liu at Macau University of Science and Technology aim to better understand the structure and evolution of glycogen branching enzyme in bacteria, uncovering a new, third type of structure.

Read more about their research in Research Outreach.

Read their original article at:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03354