GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE REVERSIBILITY FOR SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS
申请人:Thorson Jon S.
公开号:US20110306074A1
公开(公告)日:2011-12-15
The present invention generally relates to materials and methods for exploiting glycosyltransferase reversibility for nucleotide diphosphate (NDP) sugar synthesis. The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase enzymes characterized by improved reaction reversibility and expanded sugar donor specificity as compared to corresponding non-mutated glycosyltransferase enzymes. Such reagents provide advantageous routes to NDP sugars for subsequent use in a variety of biomedical applications, including enzymatic and chemoenzymatic glycorandomization.