Chemical Glycobiology Part A. Synthesis, Manipulation and Applications of Glycans

Chemical Glycobiology, Volume 597, the latest release in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume, the first on chemical glycobiology, contains comprehensive chapters on the Discovery of New Glycosidases from Metagenomic Libraries, Structure-guided directed evolution of glycosidases: A case study in engineering a blood group antigen-cleaving enzyme, A Pipeline for Studying and Engineering Single-Subunit Oligosaccharyltransferases, Directed evolution of glycopeptides using mRNA display, Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and Applications of Prokaryote-Specific UDP-Sugars, and Biosynthesis of Legionaminic Acid and its Incorporation into Glycoconjugates. Readers will find the latest information on this developing area of research, as reported by leaders in the field. Presents an updated volume in this regular seriesCovers research on chemical glycobiology