Structural characterisation by ESI-MS of feruloylated arabino-oligosaccharides synthesised by chemoenzymatic esterification

Christina Vafiadi; Evangelos Topakas; Edwin J Bakx; Henk A Schols; Paul Christakopoulos

doi:10.3390/12071367

Structural characterisation by ESI-MS of feruloylated arabino-oligosaccharides synthesised by chemoenzymatic esterification

Molecules. 2007 Jul 9;12(7):1367-75. doi: 10.3390/12071367.

Authors

Christina Vafiadi¹, Evangelos Topakas, Edwin J Bakx, Henk A Schols, Paul Christakopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou Str, Zografou Campus, 15700, Athens Greece.

Abstract

The chemoenzymatic synthesis of feruloylated arabino-oligosaccharides has been achieved, using a feruloyl esterase type C from Sporotrichum thermophile (StFaeC). The structure of the feruloylated products was confirmed by ESI-MS(n).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / metabolism*
Esterification
Oligosaccharides / chemistry*
Oligosaccharides / metabolism*
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization*

Substances

Oligosaccharides
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
feruloyl esterase