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Protein flexibility drives sugar rotation and high substrate promiscuity in a GDP-sugar 4-epimerase

Carlos Alvarez Quispe (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) , Andy-Mark W.H. Thunnissen, Xevi Biarnés, Antoni Planas and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2025) COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL. 27. p.2375-2385

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Fructosyl amino oxidase as a therapeutic enzyme in age-related macular degeneration

Joris Delanghe (UGent) , José Diana Di Mavungu (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) , Jonas Himpe (UGent) , Nezahat Bostan, Marijn Speeckaert (UGent) , Henk Vrielinck (UGent) , Anne Vral (UGent) , Caroline van den Broeke, Manon Huizing, et al.

(2024) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 25(9).

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The conversion of UDP-Glc to UDP-Man : in silico and biochemical exploration to improve the catalytic efficiency of CDP-tyvelose C2-epimerases

Ulrike Vogel (UGent) , Matthieu Da Costa, Carlos Alvarez Quispe (UGent) , Robin Stragier, Henk‐Jan Joosten, Koen Beerens (UGent) and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2023) CHEMBIOCHEM. 24(23).

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Topical application of deglycating enzymes as an alternative non-invasive treatment for presbyopia

Joris Delanghe (UGent) , Jeroen Beeckman (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) , Jonas Himpe (UGent) , Nezahat Bostan, Marijn Speeckaert (UGent) , Margo Notebaert (UGent) , Manon Huizing and Elisabeth Van Aken (UGent)

(2023) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 24(8).

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Rare sugar metabolism and impact on insulin sensitivity along the gut-liver-muscle axis in vitro

Amar Daniël Emanuel Van Laar, Charlotte Grootaert (UGent) , Andreja Rajkovic (UGent) , Tom Desmet (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) and John Van Camp (UGent)

(2023) NUTRIENTS. 15(7).

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Glycosidic linkage of rare and new-to-nature disaccharides reshapes gut microbiota in vitro

Stanley Omondi Onyango, Koen Beerens (UGent) , Qiqiong Li, John Van Camp (UGent) , Tom Desmet (UGent) and Tom Van de Wiele (UGent)

(2023) FOOD CHEMISTRY. 411.

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A colorimetric assay for the screening and kinetic analysis of nucleotide sugar 4,6-dehydratases

Ulrike Vogel (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2022) ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY. 655.

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Exploration of archaeal nucleotide sugar epimerases unveils a new and highly promiscuous GDP-Gal4E subgroup

Carlos Alvarez Quispe (UGent) , Matthieu Da Costa, Koen Beerens (UGent) and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2022) CURRENT RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY. 4. p.350-358

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GDP-mannose 3,5-epimerase : a view on structure, mechanism, and industrial potential

Koen Beerens (UGent) , Ophelia Gevaert and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2022) FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES. 8.

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Nucleotide sugar dehydratases : structure, mechanism, substrate specificity, and application potential

Ulrike Vogel (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2022) JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 298(4).

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dr. Koen Beerens

Protein flexibility drives sugar rotation and high substrate promiscuity in a GDP-sugar 4-epimerase

Fructosyl amino oxidase as a therapeutic enzyme in age-related macular degeneration

The conversion of UDP-Glc to UDP-Man : in silico and biochemical exploration to improve the catalytic efficiency of CDP-tyvelose C2-epimerases

Topical application of deglycating enzymes as an alternative non-invasive treatment for presbyopia

Rare sugar metabolism and impact on insulin sensitivity along the gut-liver-muscle axis in vitro

Glycosidic linkage of rare and new-to-nature disaccharides reshapes gut microbiota in vitro

A colorimetric assay for the screening and kinetic analysis of nucleotide sugar 4,6-dehydratases

Exploration of archaeal nucleotide sugar epimerases unveils a new and highly promiscuous GDP-Gal4E subgroup

GDP-mannose 3,5-epimerase : a view on structure, mechanism, and industrial potential

Nucleotide sugar dehydratases : structure, mechanism, substrate specificity, and application potential

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