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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Here we present a point mutation-triggered domain shift which switches the acceptor preference of a sucrose phosphorylase from phosphate to a variety of large polyphenolic compounds including resveratrol and quercetin, enabling their efficient glucosylation. The variant possesses a high affinity for aromatic substrates due to newly introduced pi-pi- and hydrophobic interactions in the altered active site. The domain shift brings about a substantially enlarged and multifunctional active site for polyphenol glucosylation and rare disaccharide production. The crystal structure of the variant with its product resveratrol-3-alpha-d-glucoside allows the prediction of the substrate scope and regioselectivity of the aromatic compounds' glucosylation sites.

Switching enzyme specificity from phosphate to resveratrol glucosylation.,Kraus M, Grimm C, Seibel J Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Nov 9;53(90):12181-12184. doi: 10.1039/c7cc05993k. PMID:29057405^[1]

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