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Upstream product

• 50-99-7 D-glucose 
• 108-46-3 recorcinol 
• 604-69-3 β-D-glucose pentaacetate 
• 57-50-1 Sucrose 
• 69-79-4 D-maltose 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

DIRECT CONDENSATION OF POLYHYDRIC PHENOLS WITH GLUCOSE

Acid-catalyzed direct condensation reaction of polyhydric phenols with free glucose in DMSO gave O-α-D-glucopyranoside in preference to its β-anomer; however, phloroglucinol and phloroacetophenone gave C-β-D-glucopyranoside instead.

Biphasic catalysis with disaccharide phosphorylases: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of α- D -glucosides using sucrose phosphorylase

Thanks to its broad acceptor specificity, sucrose phosphorylase (SP) has been exploited for the transfer of glucose to a wide variety of acceptor molecules. Unfortunately, the low affinity (Km > 1 M) of SP towards these acceptors typically urges the addition of cosolvents, which often either fail to dissolve sufficient substrate or progressively give rise to enzyme inhibition and denaturation. In this work, a buffer/ethyl acetate ratio of 5:3 was identified to be the optimal solvent system, allowing the use of SP in biphasic systems. Careful optimization of the reaction conditions enabled the synthesis of a range of α-d-glucosides, such as cinnamyl α-d-glucopyranoside, geranyl α-d-glucopyranoside, 2-O-α-d-glucopyranosyl pyrogallol, and series of alkyl gallyl 4-O-α-d-glucopyranosides. The usefulness of biphasic catalysis was further illustrated by comparing the glucosylation of pyrogallol in a cosolvent and biphasic reaction system. The acceptor yield for the former reached only 17.4%, whereas roughly 60% of the initial pyrogallol was converted when using biphasic catalysis.

Purification, characterization, and gene identification of an α-glucosyl transfer enzyme, a novel type α-glucosidase from Xanthomonas campestris WU-9701

The α-glucosyl transfer enzyme (XgtA), a novel type α-glucosidase produced by Xanthomonas campestris WU-9701, was purified from the cell-free extract and characterized. The molecular weight of XgtA is estimated to be 57 kDa by SDS-PAGE and 60 kDa by gel filtration, indicating that XgtA is a monomeric enzyme. Kinetic properties of XgtA were determined for α-glucosyl transfer and maltose-hydrolyzing activities using maltose as the α-glucosyl donor, and if necessary, hydroquinone as the acceptor. The Vmax value for α-glucosyl transfer activity was 1.3 × 10-2 (mM/s); this value was 3.9-fold as much as that for maltose-hydrolyzing activity. XgtA neither produced maltooligosaccharides nor hydrolyzed sucrose. The gene encoding XgtA that contained a 1614-bp open reading frame was cloned, identified, and highly expressed in Escherichia coli JM109 as the host. Site-directed mutagenesis identified Asp201, Glu270, and Asp331 as the catalytic sites of XgtA, indicating that XgtA belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 13.