Fig. 3.
Acetylated xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) synthesized through one-pot reaction catalyzed by xylan synthase and XOAT1 or its variants. (a) Scheme of the experimental procedure. (b) MALDI-TOF spectra of acetylated products generated by five variants (M311A, N312A, D403A, R444A, and Q445A) are shown and sorted from top to bottom by decreasing enzymatic efficiency. Control contains no XOAT1 or its variants. Degree of polymerization (DP) of XOS are labeled on top of the signals, and an asterisk represents one acetyl group attached to the xylosyl species. An addition of one acetyl group increases the mass of xylo-oligomers by 42 Da as indicated by [M + H]+ ions.