Author(s): Pham C; Nasr MA; Skarina T; Di Leo R; Kwan DH; Martin VJJ; Stogios PJ; Mahadevan R; Savchenko A;

Prokaryotic transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression in response to small molecules, thus representing promising candidates as versatile small molecule-detecting biosensors valuable for synthetic biology applications. The engineering of such biosensors requires thorough in vitro and i ...

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Author(s): Nasr MA; Martin VJJ; Kwan DH;

Reprogramming cellular behaviour is one of the hallmarks of synthetic biology. To this end, prokaryotic allosteric transcription factors (aTF) have been repurposed as versatile tools for processing small molecule signals into cellular responses. Expanding the toolbox of aTFs that recognize new inducer molecules is of considerable interest in many applicat ...

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Author(s): Mohideen FI; Kwan DH;

The sugar moieties of many glycosylated small molecule natural products are essential for their biological activity. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are the enzymes responsible for installing these sugar moieties on a variety of biomolecules. Several GTs that are active on natural products are inherently substrate-promiscuous and thus serve as useful tools in ...

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Author(s): Ouadhi S; López DMV; Mohideen FI; Kwan DH;

Many glycosylated small molecule natural products and glycoprotein biologics are important in a broad range of therapeutic and industrial applications. The sugar moieties that decorate these compounds often show a profound impact on their biological functions, thus biocatalytic methods for controlling their glycosylation are valuable. Enzymes from nature ...

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Author(s): Nasr MA; Timmins LR; Martin VJJ; Kwan DH;

Allosteric transcription factor (aTF) biosensors are valuable tools for engineering microbes toward a multitude of applications in metabolic engineering, biotechnology, and synthetic biology. One of the challenges toward constructing functional and diverse biosensors in engineered microbes is the limited toolbox of identified and characterized aTFs. To ov ...

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Author(s): Mohideen FI; Nguyen LH; Richard JD; Ouadhi S; Kwan DH;

Many small molecule natural products are decorated with sugar moieties that are essential for their biological activity. A considerable number of natural product glycosides and their derivatives are clinically important therapeutics. Anthracyclines like daunorubicin and doxorubicin are examples of valuable glycosylated natural products used in medicine as ...

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Author(s): Warkentin R, Kwan DH

This review provides information on available methods for engineering glycan-binding proteins (GBP). Glycans are involved in a variety of physiological functions and are found in all domains of life and viruses. Due to their wide range of functions, GBPs have been developed with diagnostic, therapeutic, and biotechnological applications. The development o ...

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Author(s): Soroko M, Kwan DH

Biochemistry. 2020 Jun 01;: Authors: Soroko M, Kwan DH

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Author(s): Kwan DH

Methods Enzymol. 2017;597:25-53 Authors: Kwan DH

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