Rational design of an improved transglucosylase for production of the rare sugar nigerose.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Franceus, Jorick; Dhaene, Shari; Decadt, Hannes; Vandepitte, Judith; Caroen, Jurgen; Van der Eycken, Johan; Beerens, Koen; Desmet, Tom
- Source
- Chemical Communications. 4/21/2019, Vol. 55 Issue 31, p4531-4533. 3p.
- Subject
- *SUGARS
*SUCROSE
*BIFIDOBACTERIUM
*GLUCOSE
*INVENTORIES
- Language
- ISSN
- 1359-7345
The sucrose phosphorylase from Bifidobacterium adolescentis (BaSP) can be used as a transglucosylase for the production of rare sugars. We designed variants of BaSP for the efficient synthesis of nigerose from sucrose and glucose, thereby adding to the inventory of rare sugars that can conveniently be produced from bulk sugars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]