Manus Bio Inc.

Christopher Toomey

Ajikumar Parayil Kumaran

Jason Eric Donald

Christine Nicole S Santos

Aaron Love

Michelle N Goettge

Kaitlin Chambers

Joyce Samson

Ryan N Philippe

The present invention provides host cells and methods for making mogrol glycosides, including Mogroside V (Mog.V), Mogroside VI (Mog.VI), Iso-Mogroside V (Isomog.V), siamenoside, and glycosylation products that are minor products in. The invention provides engineered enzymes and engineered host cells for producing mogrol glycosylation products, such as Mog.V, Mog.VI, and Isomog.V, at high purity and/or yield. The present technology further provides methods of making products containing mogrol glycosides, such as Mog.V, Mog.VI, and Isomog.V, including food products, beverages, oral care products, sweeteners, and flavoring products.

Microbial production of mogrol and mogrosides

In various aspects, the present invention provides uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes capable of catalyzing the transfer of a monosaccharide moiety from a NDP-sugar to the 3' carbon of a sugar moiety of a substrate, such as a terpenoid glycan, thereby functioning as a '1-3 UGT.' In other aspects, the invention provides polynucleotides encoding the 1-3 UGT, and host cells comprising the same. In still other aspects, the invention provides methods for preparing glycosylated substrates, including steviol glycosides, using the enzyme and host cells of this disclosure.

Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase enzyme

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