Peptidoglycan is the major component of the cell envelope of virtually all bacteria. It has
structural roles and acts as a selective sieve for molecules from the outer environment …

Mammalian cell surfaces are all covered with bioactive oligosaccharides which play an
important role in molecular recognition events such as immune recognition, cell–cell …

MurG is an essential glycosyltransferase that forms the glycosidic linkage between N-acetyl
muramyl pentapeptide and N-acetyl glucosamine in the biosynthesis of the bacterial cell …

From a functional standpoint, glycosyltransferases (GTases) comprise one the most diverse
group of enzymes in existence. Every category of biopolymer (oligosaccharides, proteins …

Biocatalysis is enjoying an increasing interest not only in academia, but also in industry. It
has been the topic of several excellent reviews or books [Bornscheuer and Kaszlauskas …

Tremendous advances in biocatalytic approaches to oligosaccharide synthesis have taken
place in the past two years. The use of isolated enzymes, both glycosyltransferases and …

Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) were synthesized from lactose by immobilized and free β-
galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis (Lactozym 3000 L HP-G) using either focused …

Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient
care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists, biologists, engineers …

Rapid advances in the cloning and expression of glycosyltransferase genes, especially from
bacteria, could open the way to overcoming difficulties in the mass production of …

The glycan portion of macrolide antibiotics modulates their efficacy. High-level expression of
three macrolide GTs and kinetic analysis has revealed a highly selective synthetic “tool kit” …