V. Kren et al., BETA-GLUCOSYL AND BETA-GALACTOSYL TRANSFER CATALYZED BY BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE IN PREPARATION OF GLYCOSYLATED ALKALOIDS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (17), 1994, pp. 2481-2484
Bovine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase mediates the transfer of galacto
se from uridine 5'-diphospho-galactose and also transfer of glucose fr
om uridine 5'-diphosphoglucose to elymoclavine 2-acet-amido-2-deoxy-be
ta-D-glucopyranoside 2a, yielding the respective diglycosides 3 and 4.
Both reactions were optimised on a semipreparative scale. The product
s were characterised by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.