GuRhaGT, a highly specific saponin 2′′-O-rhamnosyltransferase from Glycyrrhiza uralensis

A highly regio- and donor-specific 2 ''-O-rhamnosyltransferase GuRhaGT was characterised from the medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis. GuRhaGT could efficiently catalyse rhamnosylation at 2 ''-OH of the C-3 glycosyl moiety of triterpenoid saponins.

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In this study, a highly regio- and donor-specific enzyme GuRhaGT was isolated from the medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis, which efficiently catalyses the glycosylation reaction at the 2''-OH site of the C-3 glycosyl moiety of triterpenoid saponins.