Glycosynthases as tools for the production of glycan analogs of natural products.

Abstract:

:Oligo-, polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates are a relevant part of the bioactive components of the natural products exploited in therapeutics, diagnostics, food additives, and biomaterials. Glycans are directly involved in important biological processes, such as immunostimulation, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and chemoprotectant actions and/or are crucial for their activity, by modulating target recognition, stability, and pharmacokinetics. On the other hand, carbohydrate extracts used for functional studies are rather heterogeneous and lack structural information because of their intrinsic complexity hampering purification and characterization. Therefore, methods for glycoside synthesis and modification are urgently needed. Recently, glycosynthases, engineered glycoside hydrolases with no hydrolytic activity that synthesize glycans in quantitative yields, were introduced. Here we will illustrate how the glycosynthases described so far might be exploited for the production of glycan analogs of natural products and their enormous potential in this field.

journal_name

Nat Prod Rep

journal_title

Natural product reports

authors

Cobucci-Ponzano B,Moracci M

doi

10.1039/c2np20032e

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-06-01 00:00:00

pages

697-709

issue

6

eissn

0265-0568

issn

1460-4752

journal_volume

29

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