Search Results - "Cheallaigh, Aisling Ní"
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Synthesis of a B‐Antigen Hexasaccharide, a B‐Lewis b Heptasaccharide and Glycoconjugates Thereof to Investigate Binding Properties of Helicobacter pylori
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (16-03-2023)“…Infecting the stomach of almost 50 % of people, Helicobacter pylori is a causative agent of gastritis, peptic ulcers and stomach cancers. Interactions between…”
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The UbiX flavin prenyltransferase reaction mechanism resembles class I terpene cyclase chemistry
Published in Nature communications (29-05-2019)“…The UbiX-UbiD enzymes are widespread in microbes, acting in concert to decarboxylate alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acids using a highly modified flavin…”
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Structural Basis of Catalysis in the Bacterial Monoterpene Synthases Linalool Synthase and 1,8-Cineole Synthase
Published in ACS catalysis (01-09-2017)“…Terpenoids form the largest and stereochemically most diverse class of natural products, and there is considerable interest in producing these by biocatalysis…”
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Oxidative Maturation and Structural Characterization of Prenylated FMN Binding by UbiD, a Decarboxylase Involved in Bacterial Ubiquinone Biosynthesis
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (17-03-2017)“…The activity of the reversible decarboxylase enzyme Fdc1 is dependent on prenylated FMN (prFMN), a recently discovered cofactor. The oxidized prFMN supports a…”
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Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (02-01-2024)“…As the world moves towards net‐zero carbon emissions, the development of sustainable chemical manufacturing processes is essential. Within manufacturing,…”
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Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Intermediates in the Peppermint Monoterpenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
Published in Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) (27-07-2018)“…A chemoenzymatic approach providing access to all four intermediates in the peppermint biosynthetic pathway between limonene and menthone/isomenthone,…”
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Enzymatic Menthol Production: One-Pot Approach Using Engineered Escherichia coli
Published in ACS synthetic biology (16-10-2015)“…Menthol isomers are high-value monoterpenoid commodity chemicals, produced naturally by mint plants, Mentha spp. Alternative clean biosynthetic routes to these…”
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Pinpointing a Mechanistic Switch Between Ketoreduction and "Ene" Reduction in Short-Chain Dehydrogenases/Reductases
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (08-08-2016)“…Three enzymes of the Mentha essential oil biosynthetic pathway are highly homologous, namely the ketoreductases (−)‐menthone:(−)‐menthol reductase and…”
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Excited-State Properties of Protochlorophyllide Analogues and Implications for Light-Driven Synthesis of Chlorophyll
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (16-02-2017)“…Protochlorophyllide (Pchlide), an intermediate in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll, is the substrate for the light-driven enzyme protochlorophyllide…”
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Chemical synthesis of amphiphilic glycoconjugates: Access to amino, fluorinated and sulfhydryl oleyl glucosides
Published in Carbohydrate research (01-08-2023)“…Amphiphilic glycoconjugates offer an important prospect for development as chemical biology tools and biosurfactants. The chemical synthesis of such materials…”
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Formation and immunological evaluation of Moraxella catarrhalis glycoconjugates based on synthetic oligosaccharides
Published in Carbohydrate polymers (15-05-2024)“…Published work has shown that glycoconjugate vaccines, based on truncated detoxified lipopolysaccharides from Moraxella catarrhalis attached through their…”
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Chemical synthesis of a sulfated d-glucosamine library and evaluation of cell proliferation capabilities
Published in Carbohydrate research (01-09-2020)“…[Display omitted] •Chemical synthesis of a sulphated d-glucosamine library.•Access to α- and β-O-methyl glycosides of d-glucosamine with O6 sulfation and…”
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Cover Feature: Harnessing a Biocatalyst to Bioremediate the Purification of Alkylglycosides (ChemBioChem 1/2024)
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (02-01-2024)“…Wahart et al. demonstrate the use of an immobilised oxidase enzyme coupled to an extractive amino resin for the bioremediation of a common industrial…”
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Synthesis of building blocks for an iterative approach towards oligomers of the Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1 zwitterionic capsular polysaccharide repeating unit
Published in Canadian journal of chemistry (01-11-2016)“…Zwitterionic capsular polysaccharide extracts, ∼8 kDa in mass, from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1 (Spt1) have shown unique T-cell activating properties…”
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Pinpointing a Mechanistic Switch Between Ketoreduction and "Ene" Reduction in Short-Chain Dehydrogenases/Reductases
Published in Angewandte Chemie (08-08-2016)“…Three enzymes of the Mentha essential oil biosynthetic pathway are highly homologous, namely the ketoreductases (−)‐menthone:(−)‐menthol reductase and…”
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Conjugation at the oligonucleotide level based on isoxazole phosphoramidites generated by click chemistry
Published in Tetrahedron (07-10-2011)“…The versatility of the isoxazole generating nitrile oxide–alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition for provision of chemically modified oligonucleotides has been extended;…”
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Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors
Published in RSC chemical biology (01-11-2023)“…Upon undergoing mucoid conversion within the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, the pathogenic bacterium synthesises copious quantities of the virulence factor…”
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Virtual screening, identification and validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors
Published in RSC chemical biology (01-11-2023)“…Upon undergoing mucoid conversion within the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesises copious quantities…”
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Correction: Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors
Published in RSC chemical biology (31-07-2024)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/D3CB00126A.]…”
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