Luuk Mestrom

Dr. Luuk Mestrom


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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MPMarta Przypis
Marta Przypis
DKDaria Kowalczykiewicz
Daria Kowalczykiewicz
APAndré Pollender
André Pollender
AKAntje Kumpf
Antje Kumpf
PHPeter Leon Hagedoorn
Peter Leon Hagedoorn
Enzymes are nature’s catalyst of choice for the highly selective and efficient coupling of carbohydrates. Enzymatic sugar coupling is a competitive technology for industrial glycosylation reactions, since chemical synthetic routes require extensive use of laborious protection group manipulations and often lack regio- and stereoselectivity. The application of Leloir glycosyltransferases has received considerable attention in recent years and offers excellent control over the reactivity and selectivity of glycosylation reactions with unprotected carbohydrates, paving the way for previously inaccessible synthetic routes. The development of nucleotide recycling cascades has allowed for the efficient production and reuse of nucleotide sugar donors in robust one-pot multi-enzyme glycosylation cascades. In this way, large glycans and glycoconjugates with complex stereochemistry can be constructed. With recent advances, LeLoir glycosyltransferases are close to being applied industrially in multi-enzyme, programmable cascade glycosylations.

18 December 2017 in European Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Luuk Mestrom
PBPaula Bracco
Paula Bracco
Ulf HanefeldUlf Hanefeld
Ulf Hanefeld