A sweet success for substrate engineering

被引:3
作者
Griffith, Byron R. [1 ]
Thorson, Jon S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Pharmaceut Sci Div, Sch Pharm, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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10.1038/nchembio1206-659
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Chemically synthesizing complex oligosaccharides remains a significant challenge. Through the addition of hydrophobic appendages to 'unnatural' substrates, some oligosaccharide-forming glycosyltransferases can direct the formation of distinct sugar linkages while maintaining stereoselectivity.
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