- Improved one-pot multienzyme (OPME) systems for synthesizing UDP-uronic acids and glucuronides
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Arabidopsis thaliana glucuronokinase (AtGlcAK) was cloned and shown to be able to use various uronic acids as substrates to produce the corresponding uronic acid-1-phosphates. AtGlcAK or Bifidobacterium infantis galactokinase (BiGalK) was used with a UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase, an inorganic pyrophosphatase, with or without a glycosyltransferase for highly efficient synthesis of UDP-uronic acids and glucuronides. These improved cost-effective one-pot multienzyme (OPME) systems avoid the use of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-cofactor in dehydrogenase-dependent UDP-glucuronic acid production processes and can be broadly applied for synthesizing various glucuronic acid-containing molecules. This journal is
- Muthana, Musleh M.,Qu, Jingyao,Xue, Mengyang,Klyuchnik, Timofey,Siu, Alex,Li, Yanhong,Zhang, Lei,Yu, Hai,Li, Lei,Wang, Peng G.,Chen, Xi
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supporting information
p. 4595 - 4598
(2015/05/27)
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- Efficient chemoenzymatic synthesis of novel galacto-N-biose derivatives and their sialylated forms
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Galacto-N-biose (GNB) derivatives were efficiently synthesized from galactose derivatives via a one-pot two-enzyme system containing two promiscuous enzymes from Bifidobacterium infantis: a galactokinase (BiGalK) and a d-galactosyl-β1-3-N-acetyl-d-hexosamine phosphorylase (BiGalHexNAcP). Mono-sialyl and di-sialyl galacto-N-biose derivatives were then prepared using a one-pot two-enzyme system containing a CMP-sialic acid synthetase and an α2-3-sialyltransferase or an α2-6-sialyltransferase.
- Li, Lei,Liu, Yonghui,Li, Tiehai,Wang, Wenjun,Yu, Zaikuan,Ma, Cheng,Qu, Jingyao,Zhao, Wei,Chen, Xi,Wang, Peng G.
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supporting information
p. 10310 - 10313
(2015/06/25)
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- CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF HEPARIN AND HEPARAN SULFATE ANALOGS
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The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials.
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Paragraph 0337; 0338; 0339; 0340
(2014/09/03)
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- A highly efficient galactokinase from Bifidobacterium infantis with broad substrate specificity
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Galactokinase (GalK), particularly GalK from Escherichia coli, has been widely employed for the synthesis of sugar-1-phosphates. In this study, a GalK from Bifidobacterium infantis ATCC 15697 (BiGalK) was cloned and over-expressed with a yield of over 80 mg/L cell cultures. The kcat/Km value of recombinant BiGalK toward galactose (164 s-1 mM -1) is 296 times higher than that of GalK from E. coli, indicating that BiGalK is much more efficient in the phosphorylation of galactose. The enzyme also exhibits activity toward galacturonic acid, which has never been observed on other wild type GalKs. Further activity assays showed that BiGalK has broad substrate specificity toward both sugars and phosphate donors. These features make BiGalK an attractive candidate for the large scale preparation of galactose-1-phosphate and derivatives.
- Li, Lei,Liu, Yonghui,Wang, Wenjun,Cheng, Jiansong,Zhao, Wei,Wang, Peng
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experimental part
p. 35 - 39
(2012/08/08)
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- Process for selective oxidation of primary alcohols
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Primary alcohols, especially in carbohydrates, can be selectively oxidized to aldehydes and carboxylic acids in a low-halogen process by using a peracid in the presence of a catalytic amount of a di-tertiary-alkyl nitroxyl (TEMPO) and a catalytic amount of halide. The halide is preferably bromide and the process can be carried out at nearly neutral to moderately alkaline pH (5-11). The peracid can be produced or regenerated by means of hydrogen peroxide or oxygen. The process is advantageous for producing uronic acids and for introducing aldehyde groups which are suitable for crosslinking and derivatization.
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