Monosaccharide structure modification

Modification reactions that neutralize charges or introduce hydro-phobic residues usually lower the enzymic activity. The attachment of monosaccharides to alpha amylase by diazo coupling lowered the activity.12 This enzyme was stable to the reaction conditions for diazo coupling (pH 10,15 min at 0°) if the diazonium salts were not included in the solution. Inclusion of maltose in the reaction mixture to protect the active site lessened, but did not eliminate, the loss of activity, suggesting that the incorporation of hydrophobic structures, or the modification of a critical residue distant from the active site, was at least partly responsible for the loss of activity. 

When the monosaccharide was not available directly after hydrolysis or solvolysis of the polysaccharide, a monomeric derivative for MS analysis could be obtained by a combination of chemical modifications and cleavages. Thus, in order to obtain an open-chain derivative of pseudaminic acid, OPS of S. boydii type 7 (Fig. 4, structure 12) was carboxyl-reduced, hydrolyzed under mild acid conditions, the products were carbonyl-reduced, solvolyzed with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, and methylated.9,24... 

LIPID Membrane lipid structures Merck manual Monosaccharide database Mptopo Membrane protein topology PDB 3D structures of biomacromolecules RNA modification database RNA Structure database Spectral Database Systems (SDBS)... 

It is the heteropoiysaccharides of plants that bestow cellulosic composites with the ability to absorb impact, the ability to absorb moisture, and the ability to create pores in the form of free volume in amorphous (disordered or para-crystalline) materials [58,59]. Modification by reducing molecular regularity has the additional benefit of creating a transition from a focus on mechanical (structural) functions to an emphasis on energy storage and gel formation. Reduction in order translates into ease of hydrolysis, enzyme accessibility, rate of nutrient release for decay organisms, water absorption and swelling. Reduction in order is achieved by the introduction of monosaccharide units, and of bond types, which differ from those of cellulose. The principal monosaccharides involved in the heteropoiysaccharides of plants are shown in O Fig. 12. 

In addition to the glycosyltransferase enzymes, the substrate specificity of the teicoplanin acyl-transferase (Atf), responsible for the installation of the fatty acid amide in teicoplanin, has been examined [168]. This enzyme appears to be tolerant to modifications in the amide chain length, carbohydrate structure and nature of the aglycone. This finding is of particular interest as it has been shown that installation of the lipid containing monosaccharide from teicoplanin onto vancomycin can restore antibiotic activity against several resistant strains [159]. 

---