A wine-induced breakdown

Mirjam Czjzek (1)

1 LBI2M - Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative des Modèles Marins

A polysaccharide called rhamnogalacturonan II is a major component of some fruits, but humans rely on their gut microbiota to digest it. The microbes and processes responsible for this digestion have now been revealed

Domaines: Biologie structurale [q-bio.BM]

Mirjam Czjzek. A wine-induced breakdown. Nature, 2017, 544 (7648), pp.45-46. ⟨10.1038/nature21901⟩. ⟨hal-03758555⟩