16503-17-6Relevant articles and documents
Two-step enzymatic synthesis of UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine
Bourgeaux, Vanessa,Piller, Friedrich,Piller, Veronique
, p. 5459 - 5462 (2005)
UDP-GalNAc has been synthesised with high yield from GalNAc, UTP and ATP using recombinant human GalNAc kinase GK2 and UDP-GalNAc pyrophosphorylase AGX1. Both enzymes have been prepared in one step from 1 L cultures of transformed Escherichia coli and the UDP-GalNAc produced has been purified by a simple procedure. The method described is a rapid and efficient means to produce UDP-GalNAc as well as analogues like UDP-N-azidoacetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAz).
ACTIVATED N-ACETYLATED SUGARS AND OLIGOSACCHARIDES
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The invention relates to production of uridine-5'diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine and uridine-5'diphospho-N-acetylgalactosamine. The invention further relates to the production of lacto-/V-triose II and globotetraose.
Biosynthesis of the carbamoylated D-gulosamine moiety of streptothricins: Involvement of a guanidino-N-glycosyltransferase and an N-acetyl-D-gulosamine deacetylase
Guo, Zhengyan,Li, Jine,Qin, Hua,Wang, Min,Lv, Xun,Li, Xuebing,Chen, Yihua
, p. 5175 - 5178 (2015/04/27)
Streptothricins (STNs) are atypical aminoglycosides containing a rare carbamoylated D-gulosamine (D-GulN) moiety, and the antimicrobial activity of STNs has been exploited for crop protection. Herein, the biosynthetic pathway of the carbamoylated D-GulN moiety was delineated. An N-acetyl-D-galactosamine is first attached to the streptolidine lactam by the glycosyltransferse StnG and then epimerized to N-acetyl-D-gulosamine by the putative epimerase StnJ. After carbamoylation by the carbamoyltransferase StnQ, N-acetyl-D-GulN is deacetylated by StnI to furnish the carbamoylated D-GulN moiety. In vitro studies characterized two novel enzymes: StnG is an unprecedented GT-A fold N-glycosyltransferase that glycosylates the imine nitrogen atom of guanidine, and StnI is the first reported N-acetyl-D-GulN deacetylase. The dynamic duo: Two novel enzymes, StnG and StnI, have been found to be involved in the biosynthetic pathway of the carbamoylated D-gulosamine moiety in streptothricins. StnG is a GT-A fold glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the unprecedented attachment of a sugar to the imine nitrogen atom of a guanidine group; StnI catalyzes the deacetylation of the N-acetyl-D-gulosamine moiety.
Substrate specificity of galactokinase from Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 towards galactose, glucose, and their derivatives
Zou, Yang,Wang, Wenjun,Cai, Li,Chen, Leilei,Xue, Mengyang,Zhang, Xiaomei,Shen, Jie,Chen, Min
body text, p. 3540 - 3543 (2012/07/03)
Galactokinases (GalKs) have attracted significant research attention for their potential applications in the enzymatic synthesis of unique sugar phosphates. The galactokinase (GalKSpe4) cloned from Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 presents a remarkably broad substrate range including 14 diverse natural and unnatural sugars. TLC and MS studies revealed that GalKSpe4 had relaxed activity towards galactose derivatives with modifications on the C-6, 4- or 2-positions. Additionally, GalKSpe4 can also tolerate glucose while glucose derivatives with modifications on the C-6, 4- or 2-positions were unacceptable. More interestingly, GalKSpe4 can phosphorylate l-mannose in moderate yield (43%), while other l-sugars such as l-Gal cannot be recognized by this enzyme. These results are very significant because there is rarely enzyme reported that can phosphorylate such uncommon substrates as l-mannose.