Discovery of Bacterial Enzyme Activity Could Lead to New Sugar-Based Drugs (IMAGE)

Technical University of Denmark

Discovery of Bacterial Enzyme Activity Could Lead to New Sugar-Based Drugs

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Researchers from DTU have revealed the structure of an enzyme that can convert low-cost sugars into hard-to-produce alpha-GalNAc sugars with therapeutic properties for e.g. cancer drug

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The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

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