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SUBMITTER: Gantt RW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3177962 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature chemical biology 20110821 10
We report that simple glycoside donors can drastically shift the equilibria of glycosyltransferase-catalyzed reactions, transforming NDP-sugar formation from an endothermic to an exothermic process. To demonstrate the utility of this thermodynamic adaptability, we highlight the glycosyltransferase-catalyzed synthesis of 22 sugar nucleotides from simple aromatic sugar donors, as well as the corresponding in situ formation of sugar nucleotides as a driving force in the context of glycosyltransfera ...[more]