The invention provides materials and method for controlling pests, in particular, nematodes. The invention also provides compositions comprising biosurfactants as pesticides.

An object of the present invention is to provide enzymes and a DNA encoding the enzymes that are involved in biosynthesis of trehangelin which has the potential to be a therapeutic agent for photosensitivity disorder and cosmetics, and to provide a method for producing trehangelin by utilizing the enzymes and a recombinant microorganism. The present invention is directed to a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 5, 7 or 9, or a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 5, 7 or 9 in which one to several amino acids are deleted, substituted, added and/or inserted or an amino acid sequence having 60% or more homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 5, 7 or 9 and having an enzyme activity involved in biosynthesis of trehangelin; and a DNA encoding said protein.

The present disclosure is directed to the properties of certain glycosyltransferase variants having N-terminal truncation deletions or internal deletions. Any of the mutants disclosed in here exhibit α-2,6-sialyltransferase enzymatic activity in the presence of CMP-activated sialic acid as co-substrate, and in the presence of a suitable acceptor site. A fundamental finding documented in the present disclosure is that suchs enzyme are not only capable of catalyzing transfer of a sialidyl moiety but they are also capable of catalyzing hydrolytic cleavage of terminally bound sialic acid from a glycan.

The present invention provides a method for preparing salidroside. The present invention uses β-glucoside and CoFe.sub.2O.sub.4 particles to form a cross-linked aggregate capable of effectively catalyzing the reaction of β-D-glucose and tyrosol, thereby increasing the yield of the salidroside. The steps of the preparation method of the present invention are simple and short, and the method is easy to operate and readily applicable to industrial production.

The present invention provides a method for preparing salidroside. The present invention uses β-glucoside and CoFe.sub.2O.sub.4 particles to form a cross-linked aggregate capable of effectively catalyzing the reaction of β-D-glucose and tyrosol, thereby increasing the yield of the salidroside. The steps of the preparation method of the present invention are simple and short, and the method is easy to operate and readily applicable to industrial production.

The present invention provides novel methods for preparing glycosylated molecules such as oligosaccharides, glycolipids, and glycoproteins/peptides. Novel sialyltransferases are also disclosed. The method includes forming a reaction mixture containing an acceptor molecule, a donor substrate having a sugar moiety and a nucleotide, and a sialyltransferase selected from PmST3 (SEQ ID NO:7) and certain variants thereof. The reaction mixture is formed under conditions sufficient to transfer the sugar moiety from the donor substrate to the acceptor molecule, thereby forming the glycosylated molecule. In some embodiments, the acceptor molecule is selected from a natural product, an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, and a glycolipid. In some embodiments, the donor substrate is formed via conversion of a suitable hexosamine derivative to a cytidine 5′-monophosphate(CMP)-sialic acid in a one-pot reaction mixture containing asialic acid aldolase and a CMP-sialic acid synthetase.

The present invention provides novel methods for preparing glycosylated molecules such as oligosaccharides, glycolipids, and glycoproteins/peptides. Novel sialyltransferases are also disclosed. The method includes forming a reaction mixture containing an acceptor molecule, a donor substrate having a sugar moiety and a nucleotide, and a sialyltransferase selected from PmST3 (SEQ ID NO:7) and certain variants thereof. The reaction mixture is formed under conditions sufficient to transfer the sugar moiety from the donor substrate to the acceptor molecule, thereby forming the glycosylated molecule. In some embodiments, the acceptor molecule is selected from a natural product, an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, and a glycolipid. In some embodiments, the donor substrate is formed via conversion of a suitable hexosamine derivative to a cytidine 5′-monophosphate(CMP)-sialic acid in a one-pot reaction mixture containing asialic acid aldolase and a CMP-sialic acid synthetase.

The present invention relates to the production of steviol glycoside rebaudiosides D4, WB1 and WB2 and the production of rebaudioside M from Reb D4.

The present invention relates to the production of steviol glycoside rebaudiosides D4, WB1 and WB2 and the production of rebaudioside M from Reb D4.

Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.