Beatriz Trastoy
beatriztrastoy.bsky.social
Beatriz Trastoy
@beatriztrastoy.bsky.social
Group leader at Biobizkaia Health Research Institute (Spain). Structural Glycoimmunlogy Group.
Research interests: Structural Biology, Glycobiology, immunology, microbiome, host-pathogen interactions
Reposted by Beatriz Trastoy
📚 I am happy to share that our latest paper is out in Glycobiology!

🦠 We developed a synthetic community of human gut microbes that completely degrades mucin glycans.

🔬 We studied its enzymes and ecological interactions in vitro.

#glycotime #mucin #microbiome

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Mucin-driven ecological interactions in an in vitro synthetic community of human gut microbes
Abstract. Specific human gut microbes inhabit the outer mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract. Certain residents of this niche can degrade the large an
academic.oup.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Beatriz Trastoy
Bacterial IgA proteases –potential therapeutic targets in IgA nephropathy– have distinct specificities for intact or pre-digested antibody molecules - revealed by biochemical and structural work of Beatriz Trastoy and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM