タンパク質のグリコエンジニアリングは,アミノキシグリカンと遺伝子コード化されたアルデヒドタグの汎用的な合成によって可能になります

Jason E Hudak1, Helen H Yu, Carolyn R Bertozzi

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

まとめ

研究者らは,アミノキシグリカン (aminoxy glycans) の化学結合を用いて,均質なグリコシル化タンパク質を作成するための新しい方法を開発した. この技術は,タンパク質工学とバイオ医薬品開発の改善のためにサイト固有のグリコシレーションを可能にします.

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