diff --git a/papers/_posts/2023-01-08-ducarmon-large-scale-computational.md b/papers/_posts/2023-01-08-ducarmon-large-scale-computational.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be5c894d --- /dev/null +++ b/papers/_posts/2023-01-08-ducarmon-large-scale-computational.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +layout: paper +title: "Large-scale computational analyses of gut microbial CAZyme repertoires enabled by Cayman" +nickname: 2023-01-08-ducarmon-large-scale-computational +authors: Ducarmon QR, Karcher N, Tytgat HLP, Delannoy-Bruno O, Pekel S, Springer F, Schudoma C, Zeller G +year: "2024" +journal: "biorxiv" +volume: +issue: +pages: +is_published: true +image: +projects: +tags: [] + +# Text +fulltext: +pdf: +pdflink: +pmcid: +preprint: +supplement: + +# Links +doi: "10.1101/2024.01.08.574624" +pmid: + +# Data and code +github: [] +neurovault: [] +openneuro: [] +osf: +figshare: [] +--- +{% include JB/setup %} + +# Abstract + +Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) are crucial for digesting glycans, but bioinformatics tools for CAZyme profiling and interpretation of substrate preferences in microbial community data are lacking. To address this, we developed a CAZyme profiler (Cayman) and a hierarchical substrate annotation scheme. Leveraging these, we genomically survey CAZymes in human gut microbes (n=107,683 genomes), which suggests novel mucin-foraging species. In a subsequent meta-analysis of CAZyme repertoires in Western versus non-Western gut metagenomes (n=4,281) we find that non-Western metagenomes are richer in fibre-degrading CAZymes despite lower overall CAZyme richness. We additionally pinpoint the taxonomic drivers underlying these CAZyme community shifts. A second meta-analysis comparing colorectal cancer patients (CRC) to controls (n=1,998) shows that CRC metagenomes are deprived of dietary fibre-targeting, but enriched in glycosaminoglycan-targeting CAZymes. A genomic analysis of co-localizing CAZyme domains predicts novel substrates for CRC-enriched CAZymes. Cayman is broadly applicable across microbial communities and freely available from https://github.com/zellerlab/cayman.