Katsunori Tanaka

Harnessing endogenous carbon monoxide for cancer-selective drug synthesis

Synthetic chemistry within living systems offers a transformative strategy for precision medicine by enabling the targeted generation of therapeutic agents directly at disease sites. Carbon monoxide (CO), an endogenous gasotransmitter upregulated in many cancer phenotypes, repres...

GH172 Difructose Dianhydride I Synthase: A Two‐Stepped Journey via Glycosylation and Cyclization Using QM/MM Metadynamics

ABSTRACT The difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase catalyzes the reversible transformation of inulobiose into difructose dianhydride I, a component of caramel. The proposed reaction mechanism of such a transformation consists of a glycosylation step followed by a cyclizatio...