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Agricultural Biotechnology Symposium

Sep 26, 2008 - Sep 27, 2008

2008 Agricultural Biotechnology Symposium

Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes: Structure, Function, and Applications

September 26-27, 2008

Auditorium, CALS, Seoul National University

Organized by Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University,

Seoul, Korea

Program

Sept. 26

09:0009:40 Registration

09:4009:50 Opening address

09:5010:50 Dr. Kwan-Hwa Park (ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ, Korea)

"Enzymes for carbohydrate engineering and their applications: enzymatically structured starch for food industry"

10:5011:30 Dr. John Robyt (Iowa State University, USA)

"Mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides"

11:3013:30 Lunch break

13:3014:10 Dr. Takashi Kuriki (Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Japan)

¡°³Ò±ô²â³¦´Ç²õ²â±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô of carboxly group: a new reaction of sucrose phosphorylases¡±

14:10 – 14:50 Dr. Byong Hoon Lee (McGill University, Canada)

¡°Structure, function and application of microbial lactases (beta-galactosidases)¡±

14:50 – 15:30 Dr. Atsuo Kimura (Hokkaido University, Japan)

¡°Molecular mechanism of alpha-glucosidase¡±

15:3015:50 Coffee break

15:50 – 16:30 Dr. Motomitsu Kitaoka (National Food Research Institute, Japan)

"Strategy for converting an inverting glycoside hydrolase into a glycosynthase"

16:30 – 17:10 Dr. Doman Kim (Chonnam National University, Korea)

¡°Synthesis and characterization of various glycosides and oligosaccharides¡±

Sept. 27

09:0009:30 Registration

09:3010:10 Dr. Winfried Boos (University of Konstanz, Germany)

¡°Maltose utilization system in E.coli¡±

10:1010:50 Dr. Birte Svensson (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

¡°Alpha-amylases.iInteraction with polysaccharide substrates, proteinaceous inhibitors and regulatory proteins¡±

10:5011:30 Dr. Stefan Janecek (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

¡°Classification and characterization of amylase family¡±

11:3013:30 Lunch break

13:3014:00 Dr. Eui-Jeon Woo (Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Korea)

¡°Structural feature of glycogen debranching enzyme¡±

14:0014:30 Dr. Tae-Jip Kim (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

¡°High yield enzymatic production of functional sugar L-arabinose by combination of endo- and exo-arabinohydrolases¡±

14:3015:00 Dr. Sung-Ho Lee (Genencor International Wisconsin, Inc., USA)
¡°Enzymes for grain Processing: review of recent development in glucose production¡±

15:0015:30 Dr. Dan Li (Changchun University, China)
¡°Cloning and Characterization of a hyperthermophilic maltogenic amylase from Staphylothermus marinus¡±