Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center

Gil Tsu Choi

Woo Hyun Kim

Wan Taek Im

Suk Chae Jung

Sun Chang Kim

Sun-Chang Kim

Yeon Hwa Lee

Myung Keun Park

Soo Hwan Lim

Yeon Lee

The present invention relates to a uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase protein which has glycosylation activity for a hydroxyl group at the C-20 position of a protopanaxadiol (PPD)- or protopanaxatriol (PPT)-type ginsenoside, and a method for glycosylation of UDP using the same.

Method for glycosylation of ginsenoside using a glycosyltransferase derived from panax ginseng

The present invention relates to a novel uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase, and particularly to a novel UDP-glycosyltransferase derived fromand use thereof, a method for preparing glycosylated ginsenoside by converting protopanaxadiol (PPD)-type ginsenoside using the UDP-glycosyltransferase, a composition for converting the PPD-type ginsenoside into glycosylated ginsenoside, comprising the UDP-glycosyltransferase, a transformant or a culture thereof as active ingredients, a method for enhancing the expression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase using MeJA (methyl jasmonate), and a composition for enhancing the expression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase, which comprises MeJA as an active ingredient.

UDP-glycosyltransferase derived from ginseng and use thereof

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Daejeon, South Korea

Gil Tsu Choi