“…The newly created GT108 family only contains six characterized members, all acting on mannogen, a linear β-1,2polymannoside. In contrast, the GH130 family is much more polyspecific, with 18 characterized members, of which 3 are β-1,2mannosidases [12,13] and 14 are glycoside phosphorylases acting on a large variety of substrates, such asβ-1,4-mannooligosaccharides [14][15][16][17][18], β-1,4mannosyl-N-acetyl-glucosamine [19],β-1,4mannosyl-N,N'-diacetylchitobiose [20],β-1,2-mannobiose [21,22],β-1,2-oligomannans [21] andβ-1,3-mannobiose [23]. Their large diversity of specificities, the tolerance of some enzymes towards acceptors, and their ability to generate αMan1P through phosphorolysis of cheap substrates for the synthesis of various heteromannosides, makes GH130 glycoside phosphorylases attractive enzymes for the in vitro synthesis of β-mannosidic linkages, which are considered to be some of the most challenging glycosidic linkages in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry [24].…”