The expanding field of glycobiology requires tools for the synthesis of structurally defined
oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, while any potential therapeutic applications of sugar …

Carbohydrate related enzymes, like glycosyltransferases and glycoside hydrolases, are
nowadays more easily accessible and are thought to represent powerful and greener …

Glycosynthases are engineered mutant glycosidases that catalyse the formation of a
glycosidic bond from a glycosyl donor and an acceptor alcohol. They are constructed by …

A new methodology for the preparation of non-natural oligosaccharides has been
developed using various glycosyl fluorides as activated glycosyl donors for enzymatic …

The therapeutic potential of glycosides has made them an attractive target for drug
development. The biological extraction and chemical synthesis of these molecules is often …

Combined with chemical synthesis, the use of glycoenzyme biocatalysts has shown great
synthetic potential over recent decades owing to their remarkable versatility in terms of …

It is generally accepted that an oligosaccharide is a carbohydrate consisting of 2–10
monosaccharide residues linked by O-glycosidic bonds (Eggleston and Cote, 2003; …

Glycosidases were used to prepare oligosaccharide structures of physiological and
medicinal relevance. The study included an extensive screening of crude enzymatic …

Modern Methods in Carbohydrate Synthesis presents in one volume a sequence of chapters
leading from classical methods through to today's newest state-of-the-art technology for …

Oligo-and polysaccharides are important macromolecules in living systems, showing their
multifunctional characteristics in the construction of cell walls, energy storage, cell …