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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189344 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS catalysis 20201112 23
Selective hydrolysis of carbohydrates is vital to the processing of these molecules in biology but has rarely been achieved with synthetic catalysts. The challenge is especially difficult because the catalyst needs to distinguish the inversion of a single hydroxyl and the α or β glycosidic bonds that join monosaccharide building blocks. Here we report synthetic glycosidase prepared through molecular imprinting within a cross-linked micelle. The nanoparticle catalyst resembles natural enzymes in ...[more]