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Metabolic Glycoengineering of Sialic Acid Using N-acyl-modified Mannosamines
Published on: November 25, 2017
A novel two-step synthesis of α-linked mannobioses based on an acid-assisted reverse hydrolysis reaction
Katsumi Ajisaka1, Misato Yagura, Tatsuo Miyazaki
1Department of Food Science, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1, Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan. ajisaka@nupals.ac.jp
Abstract:
Instead of an enzyme-assisted reverse hydrolysis reaction for the synthesis of manno-oligosaccharides, we propose here a versatile new approach. By Fischer type glycosylation, a D-mannose solution of extremely high concentration (approximately 83% (w/w)) was incubated at 60°C for 65 h in 0.5 M HCl. After dilution and neutralization, the small amount of formed β-linked oligosaccharides was hydrolyzed by β-mannosidase. The yields of α-D-Manp-(1→2)-D-Manp (7.9%), α-D-Manp-(1→3)-D-Manp (7.9%), and α-D-Manp-(1→6)-D-Manp (29.1%) isolated by an activated carbon column chromatography were almost identical to those of the enzymatic reaction, but the yield of α-D-Manp-(1→3)-D-Manp increased enormously by the present method.
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