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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2026

Multienzyme Platform for the Synthesis of UDP Sugars and Human Milk Oligosaccharides.

Tuan Son Hoang, Fabian Lange, Sebastian Bruno Kleeberg, Lea Thomas, Nam-Hai Hoang, Udo Reichl, Thomas F T Rexer

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tuan Son HoangDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Fabian LangeDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Sebastian Bruno KleebergDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Lea ThomasChair of Bioprocess Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Nam-Hai HoangDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Udo ReichlDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.
Thomas F T RexerDepartment of Bioprocess Engineering, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8423-1171

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Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz 03EFRST036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally occurring in breast milk, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are of great interest as an ingredient for infant nutrition due to numerous associated health benefits. Current commercial production relies mainly on microbial fermentation, while enzymatic synthesis is used to produce milligram scales for scientific studies. Enzymatic synthesis using glycosyltransferases and nucleotide sugars is especially promising due to high reaction yields, but is limited by low activity of glycosyltransferases and the high cost of nucleotide sugars. This study presents a novel approach that uses a single engineered E. coli BL21(DE3) strain to simultaneously express six recombinant enzymes (UMPK, PPK3, GALK, NAHK, GALU, and PPA). This enables dual-nucleotide sugar synthesis through two integrated multienzyme cascades. The system uses cost-effective substrates, including uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP), N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), galactose (Gal), and ATP. In situ ATP regeneration is achieved through polyphosphate (PolyP

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GlycosyltransferasesMilk, HumanOligosaccharidesUridine Diphosphate SugarsEscherichia coliHumansRecombinant ProteinsGlycosyltransferasesOligosaccharidesRecombinant ProteinsUridine Diphosphate Sugarscell‐free biocatalysishuman milk oligosaccharidesmultienzyme cascadenucleotide sugar regenerationUDP‐GlcNAc and UDP‐Gal

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PMID42017908
PMCPMC13101873

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