Practical preparation of lacto-N-biose I, a candidate for the bifidus factor in human milk

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2007 Aug;71(8):2101-4. doi: 10.1271/bbb.70320. Epub 2007 Aug 7.

Abstract

A one-pot enzymatic reaction to produce lacto-N-biose I (LNB), which is supposed to represent the bifidus factor in human milk oligosaccharides, was demonstrated. Approximately 500 mM of LNB was generated in 10-liter of reaction mixture initially containing 660 mM of sucrose and 600 mM of GlcNAc by the concurrent actions of four enzymes, sucrose phosphorylase, UDP-glucose-hexose-1-phospate uridylyltransferase, UDP-glucose 4-epimerase, and lacto-N-biose phosphorylase, in the presence of UDP-Glc and phosphate, indicating a reaction yield of 83%. LNB was isolated from the mixture by crystallization after yeast treatment. Finally, 1.4 kg of LNB of 99.6% purity was recovered after recrystallization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylglucosamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Acetylglucosamine / chemical synthesis
  • Crystallization
  • Enzymes / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Milk, Human / chemistry*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Oligosaccharides
  • galactosyl-1,3-N-acetylglucosamine
  • Acetylglucosamine

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB303573
  • GENBANK/AB303838
  • GENBANK/AB303839