Nucleotide sugars have essential roles in every living creature. They are the building blocks
of the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and their conjugates. They are involved in processes …

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complex glycans that are the third largest solid
component in human milk. It has attracted great interest in recent years due to their critical …

Background There is substantial demand for gut health products incorporating probiotics
and prebiotics. They are being delivered as ingredients in an increasing range of different …

Highlights•Non-digestible oligosaccharides (NDOs) are the major class of prebiotic
ingredients.•Synthesis of NDOs allows the upgrade of underutilized carbohydrates.•Enzyme …

Sugar nucleotide-dependent glycosyltransferases (GTs) are key enzymes that catalyze the
formation of glycosidic bonds in nature. They have been increasingly applied in the …

Protein glycosylation, the attachment of sugars to amino acid side chains, can endow
proteins with a wide variety of properties of great interest to the engineering biology …

Every eukaryotic cell is covered with a thick layer of complex carbohydrates with essential
roles in their social life. In Deuterostoma, sialic acids present at the outermost positions of …

Obesity is a major public health concern that has almost reached the level of pandemic and
is rapidly progressing. The gut microbiota has emerged as a crucial regulator involved in the …

Sugar nucleotide‐dependent (Leloir) glycosyltransferases are synthetically important for
oligosaccharides and small molecule glycosides. Their practical use involves one‐pot …

An increasing number of transglycosylase-based processes provide access to
oligosaccharides or glycoconjugates, some of them reaching performance levels compatible …