Glycosyltransferases catalyze glycosidic bond formation using sugar donors containing a
nucleoside phosphate or a lipid phosphate leaving group. Only two structural folds, GT-A …

Oligosaccharides together with oligonucleotides and oligopeptides comprise the three major
classes of natural biopolymers. Automated systems for oligonucleotide and oligopeptide …

Hyaluronan is an acidic heteropolysaccharide comprising alternating N-acetylglucosamine
and glucuronic acid sugars that is ubiquitously expressed in the vertebrate extracellular …

Cellulose, the most abundant biological macromolecule, is an extracellular, linear polymer
of glucose molecules. It represents an essential component of plant cell walls but is also …

Glycosyltransferases are a ubiquitous group of enzymes that catalyse the transfer of a sugar
moiety from an activated sugar donor onto saccharide or non-saccharide acceptors …

Glycosyltransferases (GTs) catalyze the transfer of a sugar moiety from an activated donor
sugar onto saccharide and nonsaccharide acceptors. A sequence-based classification …

1, 3-β-Glucan serves as the primary component of the fungal cell wall and is produced by 1,
3-β-glucan synthase located in the plasma membrane. This synthase is a molecular target …

Asparagine-linked glycosylation is a post-translational modification of proteins containing
the conserved sequence motif Asn-X-Ser/Thr. The attachment of oligosaccharides is …

Modern techniques of gene cloning have identified the CesA genes as encoding the
probable catalytic subunits of the plant CelS, the cellulose synthase enzyme complex …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a frequent cause of difficult-to-treat,
often fatal infections in humans,. Most humans have antibodies against S. aureus, but these …