Publications by authors named "M Juvonen"

The potential of travelling wave ion mobility spectroscopy in combination with collision induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CID-TWIMS-MS/MS) to separate cereal-derived isomeric arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides (A)XOS was investigated. Three trisaccharide, four tetrasaccharide, and four pentasaccharide (A)XOS isomers were analyzed by positive and negative ionization TWIMS-MS and CID-TWIMS-MS/MS. The tri- and pentasaccharide isomers were distinguishable by the ATDs of the precursor ions.

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Recent works provide evidence of the prebiotic potential of arabinoxylan-derived oligosaccharides (A)XOS. In this study, we developed a structural analysis for cereal-derived (A)XOS by negative ionization HILIC-MS/MS. Initially, we assessed twelve (A)XOS samples of known structures with different linkage positions and branching points by direct-infusion negative ESI-MS.

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Article Synopsis
  • This study identified and characterized a new copper radical oxidase (RaOx) from the auxiliary activities family 5 (AA5_2), which has a unique preference for the sugar raffinose.
  • RaOx showed significantly higher activity on raffinose compared to other sugars like melibiose and d-galactose, distinguishing it from known galactose oxidases.
  • The research also involved advanced techniques like nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to analyze the oxidation process, revealing that it oxidizes the C-6 hydroxyl group of raffinose and produces uronic acid as a byproduct.
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Long-chain isomaltooligosaccharides (IMOs) are promising prebiotics. IMOs were produced by a Weissella confusa dextransucrase via maltose acceptor reaction. The inputs of substrates (i.

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