Customized chitooligosaccharide production—controlling their length via engineering of rhizobial chitin synthases and the choice of expression system

Chitooligosaccharides (COS) have attracted attention from industry and academia in various fields due to their diverse bioactivities. However, their conventional chemical production is environmentally unfriendly and in addition, defined and pure molecules are both scarce and expensive. A promising a...

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Main Authors: Rita Weyer, Margareta J. Hellmann, Stefanie N. Hamer-Timmermann, Ratna Singh, Bruno M. Moerschbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1073447/full