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A simple chemical synthesis of sugar nucleoside diphosphates in water. 2013

Hidenori Tanaka, and Yayoi Yoshimura, and Ole Hindsgaul

Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Chemoenzymatic oligosaccharide synthesis is attractive since it eliminates the tedious multistep protection-deprotection requirements of pure chemical synthesis. Chemoenzymatic synthesis using glycosyltransferases, however, requires not only the correct enzyme to control both regio- and stereospecificity, but also the glycosyl donor to provide the sugar that is added. This unit describes a simple synthesis of sugar-nucleoside diphosphates (sugar-NDPs), the type of glycosyl donor (e.g., UDP-Glc, UDP-Gal, ADP-Glc) required by most glycosyltransferases, by using a chemical coupling reaction in water. The preparation of sugar-NDPs by this method therefore does not require any skills in synthetic organic chemistry.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009702	Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars		Diphosphate Sugars, Nucleoside,Sugars, Nucleoside Diphosphate
D014867	Water	A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Hydrogen Oxide
D016695	Glycosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glycosyl groups to an acceptor. Most often another carbohydrate molecule acts as an acceptor, but inorganic phosphate can also act as an acceptor, such as in the case of PHOSPHORYLASES. Some of the enzymes in this group also catalyze hydrolysis, which can be regarded as transfer of a glycosyl group from the donor to water. Subclasses include the HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; and those transferring other glycosyl groups. EC 2.4.	Glycosyltransferase,Glycoside Transferases,Transferases, Glycoside
D055162	Biocatalysis	The facilitation of biochemical reactions with the aid of naturally occurring catalysts such as ENZYMES.
D060326	Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic	Methods used for the chemical synthesis of compounds. Included under this heading are laboratory methods used to synthesize a variety of chemicals and drugs.	Inorganic Synthesis,Inorganic Synthesis Methods,Inorganic Synthesis Techniques,Methods of Inorganic Synthesis,Methods of Organic Synthesis,Methods of Peptide Synthesis,Organic Synthesis,Organic Synthesis Methods,Organic Synthesis Techniques,Peptide Synthesis Methods,Peptide Synthesis Techniques,Peptide Synthesis, Synthetic,Synthetic Chemistry Techniques,Synthetic Peptide Synthesis,Chemistry Technique, Synthetic,Inorganic Syntheses,Inorganic Synthesis Method,Inorganic Synthesis Technique,Method, Inorganic Synthesis,Method, Organic Synthesis,Method, Peptide Synthesis,Methods, Inorganic Synthesis,Methods, Organic Synthesis,Methods, Peptide Synthesis,Organic Syntheses,Organic Synthesis Technique,Peptide Syntheses, Synthetic,Peptide Synthesis Method,Peptide Synthesis Technique,Syntheses, Inorganic,Syntheses, Organic,Syntheses, Synthetic Peptide,Synthesis Method, Inorganic,Synthesis Method, Peptide,Synthesis Methods, Inorganic,Synthesis Methods, Peptide,Synthesis Technique, Inorganic,Synthesis Technique, Organic,Synthesis Technique, Peptide,Synthesis Techniques, Inorganic,Synthesis Techniques, Organic,Synthesis Techniques, Peptide,Synthesis, Inorganic,Synthesis, Organic,Synthesis, Synthetic Peptide,Synthetic Chemistry Technique,Synthetic Peptide Syntheses,Technique, Inorganic Synthesis,Technique, Organic Synthesis,Technique, Peptide Synthesis,Technique, Synthetic Chemistry,Techniques, Inorganic Synthesis,Techniques, Organic Synthesis,Techniques, Peptide Synthesis,Techniques, Synthetic Chemistry