Certain glycans -- sugar-like compounds with carbohydrate chains -- containing galactose, may exhibit potential prebiotic properties that support human health. Identifying enzymes capable of breaking ...

In scenarios where two mirror-image molecules are possible, special catalysts are required to produce only the desired one. A research team is using salts that control the desired reaction via halogen ...

Carbohydrate chains, or glycans, are complex sugar-like compounds that play important roles in various biological processes and structures in our bodies.

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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Oxford ...

Synthesis planning often begins with the design of a reaction pathway from a starting precursor to a target molecule. Recently, asymmetric synthesis of a therapeutic drug (+)-Xyloketal B was achieved ...

Enzymes significantly speed up the chemical reactions that keep you alive. Researchers are using AI to create new ones to tackle modern challenges.