Researcher
Koen Beerens
- Keywords:Industrial biotechnology, Biocatalysis, specialty carbohydrates, rare sugars
- Disciplines:Proteins, Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified, Carbohydrates, Biocatalysis and enzyme technology, Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Biochemical and microbial technology (Department)
Member
From14 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 1 of 1
- Exploration of sucrose analogues enabled by enzyme and process engineeringFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 21
- The conversion of UDP-Glc to UDP-Man : in silico and biochemical exploration to improve the catalytic efficiency of CDP-tyvelose C2-epimerases(2023)
Authors: Ulrike Vogel, Matthieu Da Costa, Carlos Alvarez Quispe, Henk‐Jan Joosten, Koen Beerens, Tom Desmet
- GDP-mannose 3,5-epimerase : a view on structure, mechanism, and industrial potential(2022)
Authors: Koen Beerens, Ophelia Gevaert, Tom Desmet
- Metabolism and health effects of rare sugars in a CACO-2/HepG2 coculture model(2022)
Authors: Amar Daniël Emanuel Van Laar, Charlotte Grootaert, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Tom Desmet, Koen Beerens, John Van Camp
- Engineering of a thermostable biocatalyst for the synthesis of 2-O-glucosylglycerol(2021)
Authors: Jorick Franceus, Zorica Ubiparip, Koen Beerens, Tom Desmet
Pages: 2777 - 2782 - Exploration of GH94 sequence space for enzyme discovery reveals a novel glucosylgalactose phosphorylase specificity(2021)
Authors: Marc De Doncker, Chloé De Graeve, Jorick Franceus, Koen Beerens, Vladimír Kren, Helena Pelantová, Ronny Vercauteren
Pages: 3319 - 3325 - Structure-function relationships in NDP-sugar active SDR enzymes : fingerprints for functional annotation and enzyme engineering(2021)
Authors: Matthieu Da Costa, Ophelia Gevaert, Stevie Van Overtveldt, Joanna Lange, Henk-Jan Joosten, Tom Desmet, Koen Beerens
- Expanding the enzyme repertoire for sugar nucleotide epimerization : the CDP-tyvelose 2-epimerase from Thermodesulfatator atlanticus for glucose/mannose interconversion(2021)
Authors: Christian Rapp, Stevie Van Overtveldt, Koen Beerens, Hansjörg Weber, Tom Desmet, Bernd Nidetzky
- Stereo-electronic control of reaction selectivity in short-chain dehydrogenases : decarboxylation, epimerization, and dehydration(2021)
Authors: Annika J.E. Borg, Koen Beerens, Martin Pfeiffer, Tom Desmet, Bernd Nidetzky
Pages: 43 - 52 - Novel insights into the existence of the putative UDP-glucuronate 5-epimerase specificity(2020)
Authors: Ophelia Gevaert, Stevie Van Overtveldt, Matthieu Da Costa, Koen Beerens, Tom Desmet
- Engineering of cellobiose phosphorylase for the defined synthesis of cellotriose(2020)
Authors: Zorica Ubiparip, David Sáez Moreno, Koen Beerens, Tom Desmet
Pages: 8327 - 8337