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Wardman JF, Withers SG. Carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme) discovery and engineering via (Ultra)high-throughput screening. RSC Chem Biol 2024; 5:595-616. [PMID: 38966674 PMCID: PMC11221537 DOI: 10.1039/d4cb00024b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) constitute a diverse set of enzymes that catalyze the assembly, degradation, and modification of carbohydrates. These enzymes have been fashioned into potent, selective catalysts by millennia of evolution, and yet are also highly adaptable and readily evolved in the laboratory. To identify and engineer CAZymes for different purposes, (ultra)high-throughput screening campaigns have been frequently utilized with great success. This review provides an overview of the different approaches taken in screening for CAZymes and how mechanistic understandings of CAZymes can enable new approaches to screening. Within, we also cover how cutting-edge techniques such as microfluidics, advances in computational approaches and synthetic biology, as well as novel assay designs are leading the field towards more informative and effective screening approaches.
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- Jacob F Wardman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1 Canada
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Zhong C, Nidetzky B. Bottom-Up Synthesized Glucan Materials: Opportunities from Applied Biocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400436. [PMID: 38514194 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Linear d-glucans are natural polysaccharides of simple chemical structure. They are comprised of d-glucosyl units linked by a single type of glycosidic bond. Noncovalent interactions within, and between, the d-glucan chains give rise to a broad variety of macromolecular nanostructures that can assemble into crystalline-organized materials of tunable morphology. Structure design and functionalization of d-glucans for diverse material applications largely relies on top-down processing and chemical derivatization of naturally derived starting materials. The top-down approach encounters critical limitations in efficiency, selectivity, and flexibility. Bottom-up approaches of d-glucan synthesis offer different, and often more precise, ways of polymer structure control and provide means of functional diversification widely inaccessible to top-down routes of polysaccharide material processing. Here the natural and engineered enzymes (glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases and phosphorylases, glycosynthases) for d-glucan polymerization are described and the use of applied biocatalysis for the bottom-up assembly of specific d-glucan structures is shown. Advanced material applications of the resulting polymeric products are further shown and their important role in the development of sustainable macromolecular materials in a bio-based circular economy is discussed.
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- Chao Zhong
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), Krenngasse 37, Graz, 8010, Austria
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Upadhyaya K, Dubbu S. Advancing carbohydrate functionality: The role of hypervalent iodine. Carbohydr Res 2024; 542:109175. [PMID: 38865797 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2024.109175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Hypervalent iodine reagents have undergone significant development and widespread application in the functionalization of carbohydrates. This is primarily attributed to their exceptional properties, including mildness, ease of handling, high selectivity, environmental friendliness, and stability. This review aims to emphasize the utilization of hypervalent iodine compounds in the functionalization of carbohydrates. The present article covers various aspects, including glycal functionalization, C-H or N-H insertion reactions, O-arylations, C-2 deoxy-2-iodo glycoconjugates, iminosugars, and C3-oxo-glycals, achieved through the use of hypervalent iodine reagents/catalysts. Additionally, it explores hypervalent iodine-mediated bioactive 1,3,5-trioxocane synthesis followed by rare sugars synthesis.
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- Kapil Upadhyaya
- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Sommerfeld IK, Palm P, Hussnaetter KP, Pieper MI, Bulut S, Lile T, Wagner R, Walkowiak JJ, Elling L, Pich A. Microgels with Immobilized Glycosyltransferases for Enzymatic Glycan Synthesis. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:3807-3822. [PMID: 38807305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Glycans, composed of linked monosaccharides, play crucial roles in biology and find diverse applications. Enhancing their enzymatic synthesis can be achieved by immobilizing enzymes on materials such as microgels. Here, we present microgels with immobilized glycosyltransferases, synthesized through droplet microfluidics, immobilizing enzymes either via encapsulation or postattachment. SpyTag-SpyCatcher interaction was used for enzyme binding, among others. Fluorescamine and permeability assays confirmed enzyme immobilization and microgel porosity, while enzymatic activities were determined using HPLC. The potential application of microgels in cascade reactions involving multiple enzymes was demonstrated by combining β4GalT and α3GalT in an enzymatic reaction with high yields. Moreover, a cascade of β4GalT and β3GlcNAcT was successfully implemented. These results pave the way toward a modular membrane bioreactor for automated glycan synthesis containing the presented biocatalytic microgels.
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- Isabel Katja Sommerfeld
- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
- Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, RD Geleen 6167, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 20, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, Aachen 52074, Germany
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen 52074, Germany
- Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, RD Geleen 6167, The Netherlands
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Weiz G, González AL, Mansilla IS, Fernandez-Zapico ME, Molejón MI, Breccia JD. Rutinosides-derived from Sarocladium strictum 6-O-α-rhamnosyl-β-glucosidase show enhanced anti-tumoral activity in pancreatic cancer cells. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:133. [PMID: 38720294 PMCID: PMC11077868 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Low targeting efficacy and high toxicity continue to be challenges in Oncology. A promising strategy is the glycosylation of chemotherapeutic agents to improve their pharmacodynamics and anti-tumoral activity. Herein, we provide evidence of a novel approach using diglycosidases from fungi of the Hypocreales order to obtain novel rutinose-conjugates therapeutic agents with enhanced anti-tumoral capacity. RESULTS Screening for diglycosidase activity in twenty-eight strains of the genetically related genera Acremonium and Sarocladium identified 6-O-α-rhamnosyl-β-glucosidase (αRβG) of Sarocladium strictum DMic 093557 as candidate enzyme for our studies. Biochemically characterization shows that αRβG has the ability to transglycosylate bulky OH-acceptors, including bioactive compounds. Interestingly, rutinoside-derivatives of phloroglucinol (PR) resorcinol (RR) and 4-methylumbelliferone (4MUR) displayed higher growth inhibitory activity on pancreatic cancer cells than the respective aglycones without significant affecting normal pancreatic epithelial cells. PR exhibited the highest efficacy with an IC50 of 0.89 mM, followed by RR with an IC50 of 1.67 mM, and 4MUR with an IC50 of 2.4 mM, whereas the respective aglycones displayed higher IC50 values: 4.69 mM for phloroglucinol, 5.90 mM for resorcinol, and 4.8 mM for 4-methylumbelliferone. Further, glycoconjugates significantly sensitized pancreatic cancer cells to the standard of care chemotherapy agent gemcitabine. CONCLUSIONS αRβG from S. strictum transglycosylate-based approach to synthesize rutinosides represents a suitable option to enhance the anti-proliferative effect of bioactive compounds. This finding opens up new possibilities for developing more effective therapies for pancreatic cancer and other solid malignancies.
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- Gisela Weiz
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Universidad Nacional de La Pampa-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNLPam-CONICET), Av. Uruguay 151, 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Universidad Nacional de La Pampa-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNLPam-CONICET), Av. Uruguay 151, 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Universidad Nacional de La Pampa-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNLPam-CONICET), Av. Uruguay 151, 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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- Schulze Center for Novel Therapeutics, Division of Oncology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Universidad Nacional de La Pampa-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNLPam-CONICET), Av. Uruguay 151, 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP), Universidad Nacional de La Pampa-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (UNLPam-CONICET), Av. Uruguay 151, 6300, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
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Yan H, Lin Z, Li W, Gao J, Li P, Chen Q, Lv H, Zhang Y, Dai W, Lin Z, Zhu Y. Unraveling the Enantiomeric Distribution of Glycosidically Bound Linalool in Teas ( Camellia sinensis) and Their Acidolysis Characteristics and Pyrolysis Mechanism. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024. [PMID: 38607252 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Glycosidically bound linalool plays important roles in the formation of excellent tea flavor, while their enantiomeric distribution in teas and the actual transformations with free linalool are still unclear. In this study, a novel chiral ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry approach to directly analyze linalyl-β-primeveroside and linalyl-β-d-glucopyranoside enantiomers in teas was established and then applied in 30 tea samples. A close transformation relationship existed between the two states of linalool for their consistent dominant configurations (most S-form) and corresponding distribution trend in most teas (r up to 0.81). The acidolysis characterization indicated that free linalool might be slowly released from linalyl-β-primeveroside with stable enantiomeric ratios during long-term withering of white tea in a weakly acidic environment, along with other isomerized products, e.g., geraniol, nerol, α-terpineol, etc. Furthermore, a novel online thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry approach was established to simulate the pyrolysis releasing of linalyl-β-primeveroside during tea processing. Interestingly, free linalool was not the selected pyrolysis product of linalyl-β-primeveroside but rather trans/cis-2,6-dimethyl-2,6-octadiene during the high-fire roasting or baking step of oolong and green teas. The identification of above high-fire chemical marks presented great potential to scientifically evaluate the proper thermal conditions in the practical production of tea.
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- Han Yan
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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Roy JK, Ahn HW, Lee J, Kim JH, Yoo SH, Kim YW. Production of highly water-soluble genistein α-diglucoside using an engineered O-α-glycoligase with enhanced transglycosylation activity and altered substrate specificity. Food Chem 2024; 437:137898. [PMID: 37924766 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Genistein is one of isoflavones, showing various biological functions for human health. MalA-D416A, termed O-α-glycoligase, is an acid/base catalytic residue-deficient mutant of a α-glucosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus, synthesizing genistein 7-O-α-glucoside using α-glucosyl fluoride as the donor substrate. Through mutagenesis toward MalA-D416A, an O-α-glycoligase variant with two mutations (D416R and Q450S) was identified as a biocatalyst with a 58.8-fold enhanced catalytic efficiency for genistein compared to the parent enzyme. The use of a 2:1 ratio of α-glucosyl fluoride and genistein at pH 9 facilitated the synthesis of genistein 7,4'-O-α-diglucoside by MalA-D416R/Q450S. The α-diglucoside exhibited 2,459-fold improved water solubility compared to genistein itself as well as facile deglycosylation by the intestinal α-glucosidase from rat, suggesting the potential of the α-diglucoside for improved bioavailability in human intestine. Through molecular docking analyses the modulation of the active site conformation by these mutations was expected for proper binding of both genistein and the monoglucoside.
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- Jetendra Kumar Roy
- Department of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52727, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science & Biotechnology and Carbohydrate Bioproduct Research Center, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Biotechnology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea,.
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Song G, Zhao S, Wang J, Zhao K, Zhao J, Liang H, Liu R, Li YY, Hu C, Qu J. Enzyme-enhanced acidogenic fermentation of waste activated sludge: Insights from sludge structure, interfaces, and functional microflora. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 249:120889. [PMID: 38043351 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Anaerobic fermentation is widely installed to recovery valuable resources and energy as CH4 from waste activated sludge (WAS), and its implementation in developing countries is largely restricted by the slow hydrolysis, poor efficiency, and complicate inert components therein. In this study, enzyme-enhanced fermentation was conducted to improve sludge solubilization from 283 to 7728 mg COD/L and to enhance volatile fatty acids (VFAs) yield by 58.6 % as compared to the conventional fermentation. The rapid release of organic carbon species, especially for tryptophan- and tyrosine-like compounds, to outer layer of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) occurred to reduce the structural complexity and improve the sludge biodegradability towards VFAs production. Besides, upon enzymatic pretreatment the simultaneous exposure of hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups on sludge surfaces increased the interfacial hydrophilicity. By quantitative analysis via interfacial thermodynamics and XDLVO theory, it was confirmed that the stronger hydrophilic repulsion and energy barriers in particle interface enhanced interfacial mass transfer and reactions involved in acidogenic fermentation. Meanwhile, these effects stimulate the fermentation functional microflora and predominant microorganism, and the enrichment of the hydrolytic and acid-producing bacteria in metaphase and the proliferation of acetogenic bacteria, e.g., Rubrivivax (+9.4 %), in anaphase also benefits VFAs formation. This study is practically valuable to recovery valuable VFAs as carbon sources and platform chemicals from WAS and agriculture wastes.
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- Ge Song
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 9808579, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Jian X, Li C, Feng X. Strategies for modulating transglycosylation activity, substrate specificity, and product polymerization degree of engineered transglycosylases. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2023; 43:1284-1298. [PMID: 36154438 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2022.2105687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Glycosides are widely used in many fields due to their favorable biological activity. The traditional plant extractions and chemical methods for glycosides production are limited by environmentally unfriendly, laborious protecting group strategies and low yields. Alternatively, enzymatic glycosylation has drawn special attention due to its mild reaction conditions, high catalytic efficiency, and specific stereo-/regioselectivity. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) and retaining glycoside hydrolases (rGHs) are two major enzymes for the formation of glycosidic linkages. Therein GTs generally use nucleotide phosphate activated donors. In contrast, GHs can use broader simple and affordable glycosyl donors, showing great potential in industrial applications. However, most rGHs mainly show hydrolysis activity and only a few rGHs, namely non-Leloir transglycosylases (TGs), innately present strong transglycosylation activities. To address this problem, various strategies have recently been developed to successfully tailor rGHs to alleviate their hydrolysis activity and obtain the engineered TGs. This review summarizes the current modification strategies in TGs engineering, with a special focus on transglycosylation activity enhancement, substrate specificity modulation, and product polymerization degree distribution, which provides a reference for exploiting the transglycosylation potentials of rGHs.
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- Xing Jian
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutics Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutics Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
- Key Lab for Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Center for Synthetic & Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutics Engineering, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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The structural complexity of glycans poses a serious challenge in the chemical synthesis of glycosides, oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Glycan complexity, determined by composition, connectivity, and configuration far exceeds what nature achieves with nucleic acids and proteins. Consequently, glycoside synthesis ranks among the most complex tasks in organic synthesis, despite involving only a simple type of bond-forming reaction. Here, we introduce the fundamental principles of glycoside bond formation and summarize recent advances in glycoside bond formation and oligosaccharide synthesis.
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- Conor J Crawford
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Thomas R, Fukamizo T, Suginta W. Green-Chemical Strategies for Production of Tailor-Made Chitooligosaccharides with Enhanced Biological Activities. Molecules 2023; 28:6591. [PMID: 37764367 PMCID: PMC10536575 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Chitooligosaccharides (COSs) are b-1,4-linked homo-oligosaccharides of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) or glucosamine (GlcN), and also include hetero-oligosaccharides composed of GlcNAc and GlcN. These sugars are of practical importance because of their various biological activities, such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antitumor activities, as well as triggering the innate immunity in plants. The reported data on bioactivities of COSs used to contain some uncertainties or contradictions, because the experiments were conducted with poorly characterized COS mixtures. Recently, COSs have been satisfactorily characterized with respect to their structures, especially the degree of polymerization (DP) and degree of N-acetylation (DA); thus, the structure-bioactivity relationship of COSs has become more unambiguous. To date, various green-chemical strategies involving enzymatic synthesis of COSs with designed sequences and desired biological activities have been developed. The enzymatic strategies could involve transglycosylation or glycosynthase reactions using reducing end-activated sugars as the donor substrates and chitinase/chitosanase and their mutants as the biocatalysts. Site-specific chitin deacetylases were also proposed to be applicable for this purpose. Furthermore, to improve the yields of the COS products, metabolic engineering techniques could be applied. The above-mentioned approaches will provide the opportunity to produce tailor-made COSs, leading to the enhanced utilization of chitin biomass.
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- Reeba Thomas
- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Payunai, Wangchan District, Rayong 21210, Thailand; (R.T.); (T.F.)
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Payunai, Wangchan District, Rayong 21210, Thailand; (R.T.); (T.F.)
- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Payunai, Wangchan District, Rayong 21210, Thailand; (R.T.); (T.F.)
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Liao J, Lederer V, Bardhi A, Zou Z, Hoffmann TD, Sun G, Song C, Hoffmann T, Schwab W. Acceptors and Effectors Alter Substrate Inhibition Kinetics of a Plant Glucosyltransferase NbUGT72AY1 and Its Mutants. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119542. [PMID: 37298492 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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One of the main obstacles in biocatalysis is the substrate inhibition (SI) of enzymes that play important roles in biosynthesis and metabolic regulation in organisms. The promiscuous glycosyltransferase UGT72AY1 from Nicotiana benthamiana is strongly substrate-inhibited by hydroxycoumarins (inhibitory constant Ki < 20 µM), but only weakly inhibited when monolignols are glucosylated (Ki > 1000 µM). Apocarotenoid effectors reduce the inherent UDP-glucose glucohydrolase activity of the enzyme and attenuate the SI by scopoletin derivatives, which could also be achieved by mutations. Here, we studied the kinetic profiles of different phenols and used the substrate analog vanillin, which has shown atypical Michaelis-Menten kinetics in previous studies, to examine the effects of different ligands and mutations on the SI of NbUGT72AY1. Coumarins had no effect on enzymatic activity, whereas apocarotenoids and fatty acids strongly affected SI kinetics by increasing the inhibition constant Ki. Only the F87I mutant and a chimeric version of the enzyme showed weak SI with the substrate vanillin, but all mutants exhibited mild SI when sinapaldehyde was used as an acceptor. In contrast, stearic acid reduced the transferase activity of the mutants to varying degrees. The results not only confirm the multi-substrate functionality of NbUGT72AY1, but also reveal that the enzymatic activity of this protein can be fine-tuned by external metabolites such as apocarotenoids and fatty acids that affect SI. Since these signals are generated during plant cell destruction, NbUGT72AY1 likely plays an important role in plant defense by participating in the production of lignin in the cell wall and providing direct protection through the formation of toxic phytoalexins.
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- Jieren Liao
- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Natural Products, Technische Universität München, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Wu Y, Yang Y, Du L, Zhuang Y, Liu T. Identification of a highly promiscuous glucosyltransferase from Penstemon barbatus for natural product glycodiversification. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:4445-4454. [PMID: 37190792 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00370a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Glycosylation reactions mediated by UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are common post-modifications involved in plant secondary metabolism and significantly improve the solubility and bioactivity of aglycones. Penstemon barbatus is rich in phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGs), such as echinacoside and verbascoside. In this study, a promiscuous glycosyltransferase UGT84A95 was identified from P. barbatus. In vitro enzyme assays showed that UGT84A95 catalyzed the glucosylation of the phenol hydroxyl group of PhGs efficiently as well as other structurally diverse phenolic glycosides, including flavonoids, terpenoids, stilbene glycosides, coumarins, and simple polyphenols. By using UGT84A95, 12 glycosylated products were prepared and structurally identified by NMR spectroscopy, among which 7 are new compounds. These findings suggest that UGT84A95 could be a potential biocatalyst to synthesize multi-glycosylated glycosides.
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- Yanan Wu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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Vester-Christensen MB, Holck J, Rejzek M, Perrin L, Tovborg M, Svensson B, Field RA, Møller MS. Exploration of the Transglycosylation Activity of Barley Limit Dextrinase for Production of Novel Glycoconjugates. Molecules 2023; 28:4111. [PMID: 37241852 PMCID: PMC10223164 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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A few α-glucan debranching enzymes (DBEs) of the large glycoside hydrolase family 13 (GH13), also known as the α-amylase family, have been shown to catalyze transglycosylation as well as hydrolysis. However, little is known about their acceptor and donor preferences. Here, a DBE from barley, limit dextrinase (HvLD), is used as a case study. Its transglycosylation activity is studied using two approaches; (i) natural substrates as donors and different p-nitrophenyl (pNP) sugars as well as different small glycosides as acceptors, and (ii) α-maltosyl and α-maltotriosyl fluorides as donors with linear maltooligosaccharides, cyclodextrins, and GH inhibitors as acceptors. HvLD showed a clear preference for pNP maltoside both as acceptor/donor and acceptor with the natural substrate pullulan or a pullulan fragment as donor. Maltose was the best acceptor with α-maltosyl fluoride as donor. The findings highlight the importance of the subsite +2 of HvLD for activity and selectivity when maltooligosaccharides function as acceptors. However, remarkably, HvLD is not very selective when it comes to aglycone moiety; different aromatic ring-containing molecules besides pNP could function as acceptors. The transglycosylation activity of HvLD can provide glycoconjugate compounds with novel glycosylation patterns from natural donors such as pullulan, although the reaction would benefit from optimization.
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- Malene Bech Vester-Christensen
- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; (M.B.V.-C.); (B.S.)
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- Enzyme Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; (M.R.); (R.A.F.)
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- Applied Molecular Enzyme Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; (M.B.V.-C.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; (M.R.); (R.A.F.)
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- Applied Molecular Enzyme Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;
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Tao Y, Xu J, Shao J, He X, Cai R, Chen K, Li Y, Jia H. Three Glycosyltransferase Mutants in a One-Pot Multi-enzyme System with Enhanced Efficiency for Biosynthesis of Quercetin-3,4'- O-diglucoside. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:6662-6672. [PMID: 37079496 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Quercetin-3,4'-O-diglucoside (Q3,4'G), among the major dietary flavonoids, is superior to quercetin aglycone or quercetin monoglucoside in solubility. However, its low content in nature makes it hard to be prepared in large quantities by traditional extraction methods. In the present study, the F378S mutant of UGT78D2 (78D2_F378S) derived from Arabidopsis thaliana with improved regioselectivity and the V371A mutant of UGT73G1 (73G1_V371A) derived from Allium cepa were adopted to realize a two-step continuous glycosylation of quercetin to produce Q3,4'G. The mutation S31D was introduced to the sucrose synthase from Micractinium conductrix with enhanced activity, which was responsible for regenerating UDP-glucose by coupling with 78D2_F378S and 73G1_V371A. Using the aforementioned enzymes, prepared from the three-enzyme co-expression strain, 4.4 ± 0.03 g/L (7.0 ± 0.05 mM, yield 21.2%) Q3,4'G was produced from 10 g/L quercetin after reaction for 24 h at 45 °C.
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- Yehui Tao
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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Jdanova S, Taylor MS. Mechanistic Study of the Copper(II)-Mediated Site-Selective O-Arylation of Glycosides with Arylboronic Acids. J Org Chem 2023; 88:3487-3498. [PMID: 36888595 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Glycosides having multiple free OH groups have been shown to undergo site-selective O-arylations in the presence of arylboronic acids and copper(II) acetate. Herein, a mechanistic analysis of these Chan-Evans-Lam-type couplings is presented based on reaction kinetics, mass spectrometric analysis of reaction mixtures, and substituent effect studies. The results establish that the formation of a substrate-derived boronic ester accelerates the rate-determining transmetalation step. Intramolecular transfer of the aryl group from the boronic ester is ruled out in favor of a pathway in which the key pre-transmetalation assembly is generated from a boronic ester, a copper complex, and a second equivalent of arylboronic acid.
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- Sofia Jdanova
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
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Huang K, Zhu WJ, Li WH, Lee HC, Zhao YJ, Lee CS. Base-Exchange Enabling the Visualization of SARM1 Activities in Sciatic Nerve-Injured Mice. ACS Sens 2023; 8:767-773. [PMID: 36689294 PMCID: PMC9972468 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c02317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Enzymes are important in homeostasis in living organisms. Since abnormal enzyme activities are highly associated with many human diseases, detection of in vivo activities of a specific enzyme is important to study the pathology of the related diseases. In this work, we have designed and synthesized a series of new small-molecule-activatable fluorescent probes for the imaging of Sterile Alpha and TIR Motif-containing 1 (SARM1) activities based on its transglycosidase activities (base-exchange reactions of NAD+). Probe 1a was found to undergo base-exchange reactions with NAD+ in the presence of activated SARM1 but not CD38 nor NADase and formed a highly emissive product AD-1a [about a 100-fold fluorescence enhancement in 20 min with a 150 nm (5665 cm-1) Stokes shift and a 100 nm (3812 cm-1) red shift]. This probe exhibited a higher reactivity and sensitivity than those commonly used for SARM1 imaging. The utilities of 1a have also been demonstrated in live-cell imaging and detection of in vivo activities of SARM1 in a sciatic nerve injury mouse model.
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- Ke Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen University Town, Lishui Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen University Town, Lishui Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen University Town, Lishui Road, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen University Town, Lishui Road, Shenzhen 518055, China.,Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China.,Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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Ouadhi S, López DMV, Mohideen FI, Kwan DH. Engineering the enzyme toolbox to tailor glycosylation in small molecule natural products and protein biologics. Protein Eng Des Sel 2023; 36:gzac010. [PMID: 36444941 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzac010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Many glycosylated small molecule natural products and glycoprotein biologics are important in a broad range of therapeutic and industrial applications. The sugar moieties that decorate these compounds often show a profound impact on their biological functions, thus biocatalytic methods for controlling their glycosylation are valuable. Enzymes from nature are useful tools to tailor bioproduct glycosylation but these sometimes have limitations in their catalytic efficiency, substrate specificity, regiospecificity, stereospecificity, or stability. Enzyme engineering strategies such as directed evolution or semi-rational and rational design have addressed some of the challenges presented by these limitations. In this review, we highlight some of the recent research on engineering enzymes to tailor the glycosylation of small molecule natural products (including alkaloids, terpenoids, polyketides, and peptides), as well as the glycosylation of protein biologics (including hormones, enzyme-replacement therapies, enzyme inhibitors, vaccines, and antibodies).
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- Sara Ouadhi
- Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 2A6, Canada
- PROTEO, Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 2A6, Canada
- PROTEO, Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 2A6, Canada
- PROTEO, Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Resveratrol Xylobioside Obtained Using a Mutagenic Variant of a GH10 Endoxylanase. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 12:antiox12010085. [PMID: 36670947 PMCID: PMC9855058 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12010085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol with antioxidant activity and numerous health benefits. However, in vivo application of this compound is still a challenge due to its poor aqueous solubility and rapid metabolism, which leads to an extremely low bioavailability in the target tissues. In this work, rXynSOS-E236G glycosynthase, designed from a GH10 endoxylanase of the fungus Talaromyces amestolkiae, was used to glycosylate resveratrol by using xylobiosyl-fluoride as a sugar donor. The major product from this reaction was identified by NMR as 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol, together with other glycosides produced in a lower amount as 4'-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol and 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylotetraosyl resveratrol. The application of response surface methodology made it possible to optimize the reaction, producing 35% of 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol. Since other minor glycosides are obtained in addition to this compound, the transformation of the phenolic substrate amounted to 70%. Xylobiosylation decreased the antioxidant capacity of resveratrol by 2.21-fold, but, in return, produced a staggering 4,866-fold improvement in solubility, facilitating the delivery of large amounts of the molecule and its transit to the colon. A preliminary study has also shown that the colonic microbiota is capable of releasing resveratrol from 3-O-ꞵ-d-xylobiosyl resveratrol. These results support the potential of mutagenic variants of glycosyl hydrolases to synthesize highly soluble resveratrol glycosides, which could, in turn, improve the bioavailability and bioactive properties of this polyphenol.
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Exploiting photoredox catalysis for carbohydrate modification through C–H and C–C bond activation. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:782-805. [PMID: 37118094 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-022-00422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photoredox catalysis has recently emerged as a powerful synthetic platform for accessing complex chemical structures through non-traditional bond disconnection strategies that proceed through free-radical intermediates. Such synthetic strategies have been used for a range of organic transformations; however, in carbohydrate chemistry they have primarily been applied to the generation of oxocarbenium ion intermediates in the ubiquitous glycosylation reaction. In this Review, we present more intricate light-induced synthetic strategies to modify native carbohydrates through homolytic C-H and C-C bond cleavage. These strategies allow access to glycans and glycoconjugates with profoundly altered carbohydrate skeletons, which are challenging to obtain through conventional synthetic means. Carbohydrate derivatives with such structural motifs represent a broad class of natural products integral to numerous biochemical processes and can be found in active pharmaceutical substances. Here we present progress made in C-H and C-C bond activation of carbohydrates through photoredox catalysis, focusing on the operational mechanisms and the scope of the described methodologies.
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Zheng J, Xu H, Fang J, Zhang X. Enzymatic and chemoenzymatic synthesis of human milk oligosaccharides and derivatives. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 291:119564. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Yan Y, Mo T, Huang W, Xu X, Tian W, Wang Y, Song Y, Li J, Shi S, Liu X, Tu P. Glycosylation of Aromatic Glycosides by a Promiscuous Glycosyltransferase UGT71BD1 from Cistanche tubulosa. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:1826-1836. [PMID: 35791759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Multiple-glycosylated glycosides are a major source of bioactive leads. However, most of the currently reported glycosyltransferases (GTases) mainly catalyze glycosylation of aglycones without sugar group substitution. GTases accepting diverse glycosides as substrates are rarely reported. In this article, a new GTase UGT71BD1 was identified from Cistanche tubulosa, a desert herb plant abundant with various phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGs). Interestingly, UGT71BD1 showed no activity toward the aglycone of PhGs. Instead, it could catalyze the further glycosylation of PhG compounds to produce new phenylethanoid multiglycosylated glycosides, including the natural rarely separated tetraglycoside PhGs. Extensive assays found the unprecedented substrate promiscuity of UGT71BD1 toward diverse glycosides including flavonoid glycosides, stilbene glycosides, and coumarin glycosides, performing further mono- or diglycosylation with efficient conversion rates. Using UGT71BD1, six multiglycosylated glycosides were prepared and structurally identified by NMR spectroscopy. These products showed enhanced pharmacological activities compared with the substrates. Docking, dynamic simulation, and mutagenesis studies identified key residues for UGT71BD1's activity and revealed that the sugar modules in glycosides play crucial roles in substrate recognition, thus partly illuminating the unusual substrate preference of UGT71BD1 toward diverse glycosides. UGT71BD1 could be a potential enzyme tool for glycosylation of diverse glycosides.
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- Yaru Yan
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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Méndez-Líter JA, Pozo-Rodríguez A, Madruga E, Rubert M, Santana AG, de Eugenio LI, Sánchez C, Martínez A, Prieto A, Martínez MJ. Glycosylation of Epigallocatechin Gallate by Engineered Glycoside Hydrolases from Talaromyces amestolkiae: Potential Antiproliferative and Neuroprotective Effect of These Molecules. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11071325. [PMID: 35883816 PMCID: PMC9312355 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11071325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) are enzymes that hydrolyze glycosidic bonds, but some of them can also catalyze the synthesis of glycosides by transglycosylation. However, the yields of this reaction are generally low since the glycosides formed end up being hydrolyzed by these same enzymes. For this reason, mutagenic variants with null or drastically reduced hydrolytic activity have been developed, thus enhancing their synthetic ability. Two mutagenic variants, a glycosynthase engineered from a β-glucosidase (BGL-1-E521G) and a thioglycoligase from a β-xylosidase (BxTW1-E495A), both from the ascomycete Talaromyces amestolkiae, were used to synthesize three novel epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) glycosides. EGCG is a phenolic compound from green tea known for its antioxidant effects and therapeutic benefits, whose glycosylation could increase its bioavailability and improve its bioactive properties. The glycosynthase BGL-1-E521G produced a β-glucoside and a β-sophoroside of EGCG, while the thioglycoligase BxTW1-E495A formed the β-xyloside of EGCG. Glycosylation occurred in the 5″ and 4″ positions of EGCG, respectively. In this work, the reaction conditions for glycosides’ production were optimized, achieving around 90% conversion of EGCG with BGL-1-E521G and 60% with BxTW1-E495A. The glycosylation of EGCG caused a slight loss of its antioxidant capacity but notably increased its solubility (between 23 and 44 times) and, in the case of glucoside, also improved its thermal stability. All three glycosides showed better antiproliferative properties on breast adenocarcinoma cell line MDA-MB-231 than EGCG, and the glucosylated and sophorylated derivatives induced higher neuroprotection, increasing the viability of SH-S5Y5 neurons exposed to okadaic acid.
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- Juan A. Méndez-Líter
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.A.M.-L.); (A.P.-R.); (L.I.d.E.); (A.P.)
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.A.M.-L.); (A.P.-R.); (L.I.d.E.); (A.P.)
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.M.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/de José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (C.S.)
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.A.M.-L.); (A.P.-R.); (L.I.d.E.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C/de José Antonio Nováis 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (C.S.)
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (E.M.); (A.M.)
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.A.M.-L.); (A.P.-R.); (L.I.d.E.); (A.P.)
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (J.A.M.-L.); (A.P.-R.); (L.I.d.E.); (A.P.)
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Macdonald S, Pereira JH, Liu F, Tegl G, DeGiovanni A, Wardman JF, Deutsch S, Yoshikuni Y, Adams PD, Withers SG. A Synthetic Gene Library Yields a Previously Unknown Glycoside Phosphorylase That Degrades and Assembles Poly-β-1,3-GlcNAc, Completing the Suite of β-Linked GlcNAc Polysaccharides. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022; 8:430-440. [PMID: 35505869 PMCID: PMC9052796 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The considerable utility of glycoside phosphorylases (GPs) has led to substantial efforts over the past two decades to expand the breadth of known GP activities. Driven largely by the increase of available genomic DNA sequence data, the gap between the number of sequences in the carbohydrate active enzyme database (CAZy DB) and its functionally characterized members continues to grow. This wealth of sequence data presented an exciting opportunity to explore the ever-expanding CAZy DB to discover new GPs with never-before-described functionalities. Utilizing an in silico sequence analysis of CAZy family GH94, we discovered and then functionally and structurally characterized the new GP β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminide phosphorylase. This new GP was sourced from the genome of the cell-wall-less Mollicute bacterium, Acholeplasma laidlawii and was found to synthesize β-1,3-linked N-acetylglucosaminide linkages. The resulting poly-β-1,3-N-acetylglucosamine represents a new, previously undescribed biopolymer that completes the set of possible β-linked GlcNAc homopolysaccharides together with chitin (β-1,4) and PNAG (poly-β-1,6-N-acetylglucosamine). The new biopolymer was denoted acholetin, a combination of the genus Acholeplasma and the polysaccharide chitin, and the new GP was thus denoted acholetin phosphorylase (AchP). Use of the reverse phosphorolysis action of AchP provides an efficient method to enzymatically synthesize acholetin, which is a new biodegradable polymeric material.
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- Spencer
S. Macdonald
- Michael
Smith Laboratories, University of British
Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Joint
BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
- Molecular
Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Joint
BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
- Molecular
Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Michael
Smith Laboratories, University of British
Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department
of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- The US Department
of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence
Berkley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- The US Department
of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence
Berkley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Joint
BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
- Molecular
Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Michael
Smith Laboratories, University of British
Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Department
of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Exploring the Strategy of Fusing Sucrose Synthase to Glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 in Enzymatic Biotransformation. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12083911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferases (UGTs) as fine catalysts of glycosylation are increasingly used in the synthesis of natural products. Sucrose synthase (SuSy) is recognized as a powerful tool for in situ regenerating sugar donors for the UGT-catalyzed reaction. It is crucial to select the appropriate SuSy for cooperation with UGT in a suitable way. In the present study, eukaryotic SuSy from Arabidopsisthaliana (AtSUS1) helped stevia glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 achieve the complete conversion of stevioside (30 g/L) into rebaudioside A (RebA). Position of the individual transcription units containing the genes encoding AtSUS1 and UGT76G1 in the expression plasmid has an effect, but less than that of the fusion order of these genes on RebA yield. Fusion of the C-terminal of AtSUS1 and the N-terminal of UGT76G1 with rigid linkers are conducive to maintaining enzyme activities. When the same fusion strategy was applied to a L637M-T640V double mutant of prokaryotic SuSy from Acidithiobacillus caldus (AcSuSym), 18.8 ± 0.6 g/L RebA (a yield of 78.2%) was accumulated in the reaction mixture catalyzed by the fusion protein Acm-R3-76G1 (the C-terminal of AcSuSym and the N-terminal of UGT76G1 were linked with (EAAAK)3). This work would hopefully reveal the potential of UGT-SuSy fusion in improving the cascade enzymatic glycosylation.
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Wardman JF, Bains RK, Rahfeld P, Withers SG. Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome. Nat Rev Microbiol 2022; 20:542-556. [PMID: 35347288 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-022-00712-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The 1013-1014 microorganisms present in the human gut (collectively known as the human gut microbiota) dedicate substantial percentages of their genomes to the degradation and uptake of carbohydrates, indicating the importance of this class of molecules. Carbohydrates function not only as a carbon source for these bacteria but also as a means of attachment to the host, and a barrier to infection of the host. In this Review, we focus on the diversity of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), how gut microorganisms use them for carbohydrate degradation, the different chemical mechanisms of these CAZymes and the roles that these microorganisms and their CAZymes have in human health and disease. We also highlight examples of how enzymes from this treasure trove have been used in manipulation of the microbiota for improved health and treatment of disease, in remodelling the glycans on biopharmaceuticals and in the potential production of universal O-type donor blood.
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- Jacob F Wardman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. .,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. .,Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Mechanism of cooperative N-glycan processing by the multi-modular endoglycosidase EndoE. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1137. [PMID: 35241669 PMCID: PMC8894350 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28722-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacteria produce a remarkably diverse range of glycoside hydrolases to metabolize glycans from the environment as a primary source of nutrients, and to promote the colonization and infection of a host. Here we focus on EndoE, a multi-modular glycoside hydrolase secreted by Enterococcus faecalis, one of the leading causes of healthcare-associated infections. We provide X-ray crystal structures of EndoE, which show an architecture composed of four domains, including GH18 and GH20 glycoside hydrolases connected by two consecutive three α-helical bundles. We determine that the GH20 domain is an exo-β-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminidase, whereas the GH18 domain is an endo-β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase that exclusively processes the central core of complex-type or high-mannose-type N-glycans. Both glycoside hydrolase domains act in a concerted manner to process diverse N-glycans on glycoproteins, including therapeutic IgG antibodies. EndoE combines two enzyme domains with distinct functions and glycan specificities to play a dual role in glycan metabolism and immune evasion. EndoE is a multi-domain glycoside hydrolase of the human pathogen Enterococcus faecalis. Here, the authors present crystal structures of EndoE and provide biochemical insights into the molecular basis of EndoE’s substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism.
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Small tools for sweet challenges: advances in microfluidic technologies for glycan synthesis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:5139-5163. [PMID: 35199190 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-03948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Glycans, including oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, play an integral role in modulating the biological functions of macromolecules. Many physiological and pathological processes are mediated by interactions between glycans, which has led to the use of glycans as biosensors for pathogen and biomarker detection. Elucidating the relationship between glycan structure and biological function is critical for advancing our understanding of the impact glycans have on human health and disease and for expanding the repertoire of glycans available for bioanalysis, especially for diagnostics. Such efforts have been limited by the difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities of homogenous glycan samples needed to resolve the exact relationships between glycan structure and their structural or modulatory functions on a given glycoconjugate. Synthetic strategies offer a viable route for overcoming these technical hurdles. In recent years, microfluidics have emerged as powerful tools for realizing high-throughput and reproducible syntheses of homogenous glycans for the potential use in functional studies. This critical review provides readers with an overview of the microfluidic technologies that have been developed for chemical and enzymatic glycan synthesis. The advantages and limitations associated with using microreactor platforms to improve the scalability, productivity, and selectivity of glycosylation reactions will be discussed, as well as suggested future work that can address certain pitfalls.
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Collet L, Vander Wauven C, Oudjama Y, Galleni M, Dutoit R. Highlighting the factors governing transglycosylation in the GH5_5 endo-1,4-β-glucanase RBcel1. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2022; 78:278-289. [PMID: 35234142 PMCID: PMC8900817 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321013541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transglycosylating glycoside hydrolases (GHs) offer great potential for the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides. Although knowledge is progressing, there is no unique strategy to improve the transglycosylation yield. Obtaining efficient enzymatic tools for glycan synthesis with GHs remains dependent on an improved understanding of the molecular factors governing the balance between hydrolysis and transglycosylation. This enzymatic and structural study of RBcel1, a transglycosylase from the GH5_5 subfamily isolated from an uncultured bacterium, aims to unravel such factors. The size of the acceptor and donor sugars was found to be critical since transglycosylation is efficient with oligosaccharides at least the size of cellotetraose as the donor and cellotriose as the acceptor. The reaction pH is important in driving the balance between hydrolysis and transglycosylation: hydrolysis is favored at pH values below 8, while transglycosylation becomes the major reaction at basic pH. Solving the structures of two RBcel1 variants, RBcel1_E135Q and RBcel1_Y201F, in complex with ligands has brought to light some of the molecular factors behind transglycosylation. The structure of RBcel1_E135Q in complex with cellotriose allowed a +3 subsite to be defined, in accordance with the requirement for cellotriose as a transglycosylation acceptor. The structure of RBcel1_Y201F has been obtained with several transglycosylation intermediates, providing crystallographic evidence of transglycosylation. The catalytic cleft is filled with (i) donors ranging from cellotriose to cellohexaose in the negative subsites and (ii) cellobiose and cellotriose in the positive subsites. Such a structure is particularly relevant since it is the first structure of a GH5 enzyme in complex with transglycosylation products that has been obtained with neither of the catalytic glutamate residues modified.
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Sculpting therapeutic monoclonal antibody N-glycans using endoglycosidases. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2022; 72:248-259. [PMID: 34998123 PMCID: PMC8860878 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2021.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) monoclonal antibodies are a prominent and expanding class of therapeutics used for the treatment of diverse human disorders. The chemical composition of the N-glycan on the fragment crystallizable (Fc) region determines the effector functions through interaction with the Fc gamma receptors and complement proteins. The chemoenzymatic synthesis using endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) emerged as a strategy to obtain antibodies with customized glycoforms that modulate their therapeutic activity. We discuss the molecular mechanism by which ENGases recognize different N-glycans and protein substrates, especially those that are specific for IgG antibodies, in order to rationalize the glycoengineering of immunotherapeutic antibodies, which increase the impact on the treatment of myriad diseases.
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A Fungal Versatile GH10 Endoxylanase and Its Glycosynthase Variant: Synthesis of Xylooligosaccharides and Glycosides of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031383. [PMID: 35163307 PMCID: PMC8836076 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The study of endoxylanases as catalysts to valorize hemicellulosic residues and to obtain glycosides with improved properties is a topic of great industrial interest. In this work, a GH10 β-1,4-endoxylanase (XynSOS), from the ascomycetous fungus Talaromyces amestolkiae, has been heterologously produced in Pichia pastoris, purified, and characterized. rXynSOS is a highly glycosylated monomeric enzyme of 53 kDa that contains a functional CBM1 domain and shows its optimal activity on azurine cross-linked (AZCL)-beechwood xylan at 70 °C and pH 5. Substrate specificity and kinetic studies confirmed its versatility and high affinity for beechwood xylan and wheat arabinoxylan. Moreover, rXynSOS was capable of transglycosylating phenolic compounds, although with low efficiencies. For expanding its synthetic capacity, a glycosynthase variant of rXynSOS was developed by directed mutagenesis, replacing its nucleophile catalytic residue E236 by a glycine (rXynSOS-E236G). This novel glycosynthase was able to synthesize β-1,4-xylooligosaccharides (XOS) of different lengths (four, six, eight, and ten xylose units), which are known to be emerging prebiotics. rXynSOS-E236G was also much more active than the native enzyme in the glycosylation of a broad range of phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties. The interesting capabilities of rXynSOS and its glycosynthase variant make them promising tools for biotechnological applications.
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Fu X, Gadi MR, Wang S, Han J, Liu D, Chen X, Yin J, Li L. General Tolerance of Galactosyltransferases toward UDP‐galactosamine Expands Their Synthetic Capability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xuan Fu
- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
- Center for Diagnostics & Therapeutics Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
- Center for Diagnostics & Therapeutics Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
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Fu X, Gadi MR, Wang S, Han J, Liu D, Chen X, Yin J, Li L. General Tolerance of Galactosyltransferases toward UDP-galactosamine Expands Their Synthetic Capability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:26555-26560. [PMID: 34661966 PMCID: PMC8720041 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Accessing large numbers of structurally diverse glycans and derivatives is essential to functional glycomics. We showed a general tolerance of galactosyltransferases toward uridine-diphosphate-galactosamine (UDP-GalN), which is not a commonly used sugar nucleotide donor. The property was harnessed to develop a two-step chemoenzymatic strategy for facile synthesis of novel and divergent N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-glycosides and derivatives in preparative scales. The discovery and the application of the new property of existing glycosyltransferases expand their catalytic capabilities in generating novel carbohydrate linkages, thus prompting the synthesis of diverse glycans and glycoconjugates for biological studies.
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- Xuan Fu
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- Center for Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- Center for Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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Improvement of the Transglycosylation Efficiency of a Lacto-N-Biosidase from Bifidobacterium bifidum by Protein Engineering. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app112311493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The lacto-N-biosidase LnbB from Bifidobacterium bifidum JCM 1254 was engineered to improve its negligible transglycosylation efficiency with the purpose of enzymatically synthesizing lacto-N-tetraose (LNT; Gal-β1,3-GlcNAc-β1,3-Gal-β1,4-Glc) in one enzymatic step. LNT is a prebiotic human milk oligosaccharide in itself and constitutes the structural core of a range of more complex human milk oligosaccharides as well. Thirteen different LnbB variants were expressed and screened for transglycosylation activity by monitoring transglycosylation product formation using lacto-N-biose 1,2-oxazoline as donor substrate and lactose as acceptor substrate. LNT was the major reaction product, yet careful reaction analysis revealed the formation of three additional LNT isomers, which we identified to have a β1,2-linkage, a β1,6-linkage, and a 1,1-linkage, respectively, between lacto-N-biose (Gal-β1,3-GlcNAc) and lactose. Considering both maximal transglycosylation yield and regioselectivity as well as minimal product hydrolysis, the best variant was LnbB W394H, closely followed by W465H and Y419N. A high transglycosylation yield was also obtained with W394F, yet the substitution of W394 and W465 of the subsite −1 hydrophobic platform in the enzyme with His dramatically impaired the undesirable product hydrolysis as compared to substitution with Phe; the effect was most pronounced for W465. Using p-nitrophenyl-β-lacto-N-bioside as donor substrate manifested W394 as an important target position. The optimization of the substrate concentrations confirmed that high initial substrate concentration and high acceptor-to-donor ratio both favor transglycosylation.
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Mészáros Z, Nekvasilová P, Bojarová P, Křen V, Slámová K. Reprint of: Advanced glycosidases as ingenious biosynthetic instruments. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 51:107820. [PMID: 34462167 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Until recently, glycosidases, naturally hydrolyzing carbohydrate-active enzymes, have found few synthetic applications in industry, being primarily used for cleaving unwanted carbohydrates. With the establishment of glycosynthase and transglycosidase technology by genetic engineering, the view of glycosidases as industrial biotechnology tools has started to change. Their easy production, affordability, robustness, and substrate versatility, added to the possibility of controlling undesired side hydrolysis by enzyme engineering, have made glycosidases competitive synthetic tools. Current promising applications of engineered glycosidases include the production of well-defined chitooligomers, precious galactooligosaccharides or specialty chemicals such as glycosylated flavonoids. Other synthetic pathways leading to human milk oligosaccharides or remodeled antibodies are on the horizon. This work provides an overview of the synthetic achievements to date for glycosidases, emphasizing the latest trends and outlining possible developments in the field.
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- Zuzana Mészáros
- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic; Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 1903/3, CZ-16628 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic; Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, CZ-12843, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
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Tegl G, Rahfeld P, Ostmann K, Hanson J, Withers SG. Discovery of β- N-acetylglucosaminidases from screening metagenomic libraries and their use as thioglycoligase mutants. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:9068-9075. [PMID: 34622263 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01246k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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β-N-Acetylhexosaminidases (HexNAcases) are versatile biocatalysts that cleave terminal N-acetylhexosamine units from various glycoconjugates. Established strategies to generate glycoside-forming versions of the wild type enzymes rely on the mutation of their catalytic residues; however, successful examples of synthetically useful HexNAcase mutants are scarce. In order to expand the range of HexNAcases available as targets for enzyme engineering, we functionally screened a metagenomic library derived from a human gut microbiome. From a pool of hits, we characterized four of the more active candidates by sequence analysis and phylogenetic mapping, and found that they all belonged to CAZy family GH20. After detailed kinetic analysis and characterization of their substrate specificities, active site mutants were generated which resulted in the identification of two new thioglycoligases. BvHex E294A and AsHex E301A catalyzed glycosyl transfer to all three of the 3-, 4- and 6-thio-N-acetylglucosaminides (thio-GlcNAcs) that were tested. Both mutant enzymes also catalyzed glycosyl transfer to a cysteine-containing variant of the model peptide Tab1, with AsHex E301A also transferring GlcNAc onto a thiol-containing protein. This work illustrates how large scale functional screening of expressed gene libraries allows the relatively rapid development of useful new glycoside-forming mutants of HexNAcases, expanding the pool of biocatalysts for carbohydrate synthesis.
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- Gregor Tegl
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Wardman JF, Rahfeld P, Liu F, Morgan-Lang C, Sim L, Hallam SJ, Withers SG. Discovery and Development of Promiscuous O-Glycan Hydrolases for Removal of Intact Sialyl T-Antigen. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:2004-2015. [PMID: 34309358 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mucin-type O-glycosylation (O-glycosylation) is a common post-translational modification that confers distinct biophysical properties to proteins and plays crucial roles in intercellular signaling. Yet, despite the importance of O-glycans, relatively few tools exist for their analysis and modification. In particular, there is a need for enzymes that can cleave the wide range of O-glycan structures found on protein surfaces, to facilitate glycan profiling and editing. Through functional metagenomic screening of the human gut microbiome, we discovered endo-O-glycan hydrolases from CAZy family GH101 that are capable of slowly cleaving the intact sialyl T-antigen trisaccharide (a ubiquitous O-glycan structure in humans) in addition to their primary activity against the T-antigen disaccharide. We then further explored this sequence space through phylogenetic profiling and analysis of representative enzymes, revealing large differences in the levels of this promiscuous activity between enzymes within the family. Through structural and sequence analysis, we identified active site residues that modulate specificity. Through subsequent rational protein engineering, we improved the activity of an enzyme identified by phylogenetic profiling sufficiently that substantial removal of the intact sialyl T-antigen from proteins could be readily achieved. Our best sialyl T-antigen hydrolase mutant, SpGH101 Q868G, is further shown to function on a number of proteins, tissues, and cells. Access to this enzyme opens up improved methodologies for unraveling the glycan code.
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- Jacob F. Wardman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Genome Science and Technology Program, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
- ECOSCOPE Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Genome Science and Technology Program, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- ECOSCOPE Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Rousseau A, Armand S, Cottaz S, Fort S. Size-Controlled Synthesis of β(1→4)-GlcNAc Oligosaccharides Using an Endo-Glycosynthase. Chemistry 2021; 27:17637-17646. [PMID: 34633724 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Chitin and peptidoglycan fragments are well recognized as pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Long-chain oligosaccharides of β(1→4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) units indeed activate plants and mammals innate immune system. However, the mechanisms underlying PAMPs perception by lysine motif (LysM) domain receptors remain largely unknown because of insufficient availability of high-affinity molecular probes. Here, we report a two-enzyme cascade to synthesize long-chain β(1→4)-linked GlcNAc oligomers. Expression of the D52S mutant of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) in Pichia pastoris at 52 mg L-1 provided a new glycosynthase catalyzing efficient polymerization of α-chitintriosyl fluoride. Selective N-deacetylation at the non-reducing unit of the glycosyl fluoride donor by Sinorhizobium meliloti NodB chitin-N-deacetylase abolished its ability to be polymerized by the glycosynthase but not to be transferred onto an acceptor. Using NodB and D52S HEWL in a one-pot cascade reaction allowed the synthesis on a milligram scale of chitin hexa-, hepta- and octasaccharides with yields up to 65 % and a perfect control over their size.
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- CERMAV, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- CERMAV, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- CERMAV, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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Bulmer GS, de Andrade P, Field RA, van Munster JM. Recent advances in enzymatic synthesis of β-glucan and cellulose. Carbohydr Res 2021; 508:108411. [PMID: 34392134 PMCID: PMC8425183 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2021.108411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bottom-up synthesis of β-glucans such as callose, fungal β-(1,3)(1,6)-glucan and cellulose, can create the defined compounds that are needed to perform fundamental studies on glucan properties and develop applications. With the importance of β-glucans and cellulose in high-profile fields such as nutrition, renewables-based biotechnology and materials science, the enzymatic synthesis of such relevant carbohydrates and their derivatives has attracted much attention. Here we review recent developments in enzymatic synthesis of β-glucans and cellulose, with a focus on progress made over the last five years. We cover the different types of biocatalysts employed, their incorporation in cascades, the exploitation of enzyme promiscuity and their engineering, and reaction conditions affecting the production as well as in situ self-assembly of (non)functionalised glucans. The recent achievements in the application of glycosyl transferases and β-1,4- and β-1,3-glucan phosphorylases demonstrate the high potential and versatility of these biocatalysts in glucan synthesis in both industrial and academic contexts.
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- Gregory S Bulmer
- Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK; Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, UK.
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Liu M, Qin X, Ye XS. Glycan Assembly Strategy: From Concept to Application. CHEM REC 2021; 21:3256-3277. [PMID: 34498347 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Glycans have been hot topics in recent years due to their exhibition of numerous biological activities. However, the heterogeneity of their natural source and the complexity of their chemical synthesis impede the progress in their biological research. Thus, the development of glycan assembly strategies to acquire plenty of structurally well-defined glycans is an important issue in carbohydrate chemistry. In this review, the latest advances in glycan assembly strategies from concepts to their applications in carbohydrate synthesis, including chemical and enzymatic/chemo-enzymatic approaches, as well as solution-phase and solid-phase/tag-assisted synthesis, are summarized. Furthermore, the automated glycan assembly techniques are also outlined.
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- Mingli Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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Bwanali L, Holland LA. Capillary Nanogel Electrophoresis for the Determination of the β1-4 Galactosyltransferase Michaelis-Menten Constant and Real-Time Addition of Galactose Residues to N-Glycans and Glycoprotein. Anal Chem 2021; 93:11843-11851. [PMID: 34410102 PMCID: PMC8594173 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A thermally reversible nanogel is used in capillary electrophoresis to create discrete regions for a galactosyltransferase reaction and separation. The β1-4 galactosyltransferase enzyme, donor, and co-factor were patterned in the capillary. The substrate was driven through these zones and converted to galactosylated products, which were separated and identified. Using this capillary electrophoresis method, the degree of glycosylation was discernible for a pentasaccharide and for biantennary N-glycans. With the ability to distinguish between reaction products for which either one or two galactose residues were transferred, the capillary nanogel electrophoresis system was used to determine the Michaelis-Menten value, KM. For the β1-4 galactosyltransferase, the KM value obtained for a pentasaccharide substrate was 1.23 ± 0.08 mM. Once KM was established, the enzyme/substrate ratio was evaluated to add a single galactose residue or to fully galactosylate a biantennary N-glycan. Additionally, capillary nanogel electrophoresis was adapted to transfer galactose residues to protein. The applicability of the method for real-time online modification of whole protein was demonstrated with the Herceptin glycoprotein. Complete retardation by Erythrina cristagalli lectin after enzymatic modification confirmed the addition of galactose residues to the Herceptin. This demonstrated the potential of the method to be used for online modification of other glycoproteins.
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- Lloyd Bwanali
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Prieto A, de Eugenio L, Méndez-Líter JA, Nieto-Domínguez M, Murgiondo C, Barriuso J, Bejarano-Muñoz L, Martínez MJ. Fungal glycosyl hydrolases for sustainable plant biomass valorization: Talaromyces amestolkiae as a model fungus. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:545-558. [PMID: 34417929 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00202-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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As the main decomposers and recyclers in nature, fungi secrete complex mixtures of extracellular enzymes for degradation of plant biomass, which is essential for mobilization of the organic carbon fixed by the photosynthesis in vegetal cells. Biotechnology can emulate the closed natural biological cycles, using lignocellulosic biomass as a renewable resource and lignocellulolytic fungal enzymes as catalysts to sustainably produce consumer goods. Cellulose and hemicellulose are the major polysaccharides on Earth, and the main enzymes involved in their hydrolytic depolymerization are cellulases (endoglucanases, cellobiohydrolases, and β-glucosidases) and hemicellulases (mainly endoxylanases and β-xylosidases). This work will focus on the enzymes secreted by the filamentous ascomycete Talaromyces amestolkiae and on some of their biotechnological applications. Their excellent hydrolytic activity was demonstrated by the partial degradation of xylans to prebiotic oligosaccharides by the endoxylanase XynN, or by the saccharification of lignocellulosic wastes to monosaccharides (fermentable to ethanol) either by the whole secretomes or by isolated enzymes used as supplements of commercial cocktails. However, apart from their expected hydrolytic activity, some of the β-glycosidases produced by this strain catalyze the transfer of a sugar molecule to specific aglycons by transglycosylation. As the synthesis of customized glycoconjugates is a major goal for biocatalysis, mutant variants of the β-xyloxidase BxTW1 and the ß-glucosidases BGL-1 and BGL-2 were obtained by directed mutagenesis, substantially improving the regioselective production yields of bioactive glycosides since they showed reduced or null hydrolytic activity.
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- Alicia Prieto
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28022, Madrid, Spain.
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Fittolani G, Tyrikos-Ergas T, Vargová D, Chaube MA, Delbianco M. Progress and challenges in the synthesis of sequence controlled polysaccharides. Beilstein J Org Chem 2021; 17:1981-2025. [PMID: 34386106 PMCID: PMC8353590 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The sequence, length and substitution of a polysaccharide influence its physical and biological properties. Thus, sequence controlled polysaccharides are important targets to establish structure-properties correlations. Polymerization techniques and enzymatic methods have been optimized to obtain samples with well-defined substitution patterns and narrow molecular weight distribution. Chemical synthesis has granted access to polysaccharides with full control over the length. Here, we review the progress towards the synthesis of well-defined polysaccharides. For each class of polysaccharides, we discuss the available synthetic approaches and their current limitations.
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- Giulio Fittolani
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Council CE, Kilpin KJ, Gusthart JS, Allman SA, Linclau B, Lee SS. Enzymatic glycosylation involving fluorinated carbohydrates. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 18:3423-3451. [PMID: 32319497 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00436g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fluorinated carbohydrates, where one (or more) fluorine atom(s) have been introduced into a carbohydrate structure, typically through deoxyfluorination chemistry, have a wide range of applications in the glycosciences. Fluorinated derivatives of galactose, glucose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, talose, fucose and sialic acid have been employed as either donor or acceptor substrates in glycosylation reactions. Fluorinated donors can be synthesised by synthetic methods or produced enzymatically from chemically fluorinated sugars. The latter process is mediated by enzymes such as kinases, phosphorylases and nucleotidyltransferases. Fluorinated donors produced by either method can subsequently be used in glycosylation reactions mediated by glycosyltransferases, or phosphorylases yielding fluorinated oligosaccharide or glycoconjugate products. Fluorinated acceptor substrates are typically synthesised chemically. Glycosyltransferases are most commonly used in conjunction with natural donors to further elaborate fluorinated acceptor substrates. Glycoside hydrolases are used with either fluorinated donors or acceptors. The activity of enzymes towards fluorinated sugars is often lower than towards the natural sugar substrates irrespective of donor or acceptor. This may be in part attributed to elimination of the contribution of the hydroxyl group to the binding of the substrate to enzymes. However, in many cases, enzymes still maintain a significant activity, and reactions may be optimised where necessary, enabling enzymes to be used more successfully in the production of fluorinated carbohydrates. This review describes the current state of the art regarding chemoenzymatic production of fluorinated carbohydrates, focusing specifically on examples of the enzymatic production of activated fluorinated donors and enzymatic glycosylation involving fluorinated sugars as either glycosyl donors or acceptors.
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- Claire E Council
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Mendoza F, Masgrau L. Computational modeling of carbohydrate processing enzymes reactions. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2021; 61:203-213. [PMID: 33812143 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Carbohydrate processing enzymes are of biocatalytic interest. Glycoside hydrolases and the recently discovered lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase for their use in biomass degradation to obtain biofuels or valued chemical entities. Glycosyltransferases or engineered glycosidases and phosphorylases for the synthesis of carbohydrates and glycosylated products. Quantum mechanics-molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods are highly contributing to establish their different chemical reaction mechanisms. Other computational methods are also used to study enzyme conformational changes, ligand pathways, and processivity, e.g. for processive glycosidases like cellobiohydrolases. There is still a long road to travel to fully understand the role of conformational dynamics in enzyme activity and also to disclose the variety of reaction mechanisms these enzymes employ. Additionally, computational tools for enzyme engineering are beginning to be applied to evaluate substrate specificity or aid in the design of new biocatalysts with increased thermostability or tailored activity, a growing field where molecular modeling is finding its way.
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- Fernanda Mendoza
- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Sede Concepción, Talcahuano, 4260000, Chile
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain; Institut de Biotecnología i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain; Zymvol Biomodeling, Carrer Roc Boronat, 117, 08018, Barcelona, Spain.
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Mészáros Z, Nekvasilová P, Bojarová P, Křen V, Slámová K. Advanced glycosidases as ingenious biosynthetic instruments. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 49:107733. [PMID: 33781890 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Until recently, glycosidases, naturally hydrolyzing carbohydrate-active enzymes, have found few synthetic applications in industry, being primarily used for cleaving unwanted carbohydrates. With the establishment of glycosynthase and transglycosidase technology by genetic engineering, the view of glycosidases as industrial biotechnology tools has started to change. Their easy production, affordability, robustness, and substrate versatility, added to the possibility of controlling undesired side hydrolysis by enzyme engineering, have made glycosidases competitive synthetic tools. Current promising applications of engineered glycosidases include the production of well-defined chitooligomers, precious galactooligosaccharides or specialty chemicals such as glycosylated flavonoids. Other synthetic pathways leading to human milk oligosaccharides or remodeled antibodies are on the horizon. This work provides an overview of the synthetic achievements to date for glycosidases, emphasizing the latest trends and outlining possible developments in the field.
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- Zuzana Mészáros
- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic; Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 1903/3, CZ-16628 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic; Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, CZ-12843, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-14220 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
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Méndez-Líter JA, de Eugenio LI, Nieto-Domínguez M, Prieto A, Martínez MJ. Hemicellulases from Penicillium and Talaromyces for lignocellulosic biomass valorization: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 324:124623. [PMID: 33434871 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The term hemicellulose groups different polysaccharides with heterogeneous structures, mannans, xyloglucans, mixed-linkage β-glucans and xylans, which differ in their backbone and branches, and in the type and distribution of glycosidic linkages. The enzymatic degradation of these complex polymers requires the concerted action of multiple hemicellulases and auxiliary enzymes. Most commercial enzymes are produced by Trichoderma and Aspergillus species, but recent studies have disclosed Penicillium and Talaromyces as promising sources of hemicellulases. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the hemicellulolytic system of these genera, and the role of hemicellulases in the disruption and synthesis of glycosidic bonds. In both cases, the enzymes from Penicillium and Talaromyces represent an interesting alternative for valorization of lignocellulosic biomass in the current framework of circular economy.
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- Juan A Méndez-Líter
- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), c/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Liu J, Yin X, Li Z, Wu X, Zheng Z, Fang J, Gu G, Wang PG, Liu X. Facile Enzymatic Synthesis of Diverse Naturally-Occurring β- d-Mannopyranosides Catalyzed by Glycoside Phosphorylases. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jing Liu
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Huang YT, Su YC, Wu HR, Huang HH, Lin EC, Tsai TW, Tseng HW, Fang JL, Yu CC. Sulfo-Fluorous Tagging Strategy for Site-Selective Enzymatic Glycosylation of para-Human Milk Oligosaccharides. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Yu-Ting Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Instrumentation Center at National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan
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Collet L, Vander Wauven C, Oudjama Y, Galleni M, Dutoit R. Glycoside hydrolase family 5: structural snapshots highlighting the involvement of two conserved residues in catalysis. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:205-216. [PMID: 33559609 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798320015557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The ability of retaining glycoside hydrolases (GHs) to transglycosylate is inherent to the double-displacement mechanism. Studying reaction intermediates, such as the glycosyl-enzyme intermediate (GEI) and the Michaelis complex, could provide valuable information to better understand the molecular factors governing the catalytic mechanism. Here, the GEI structure of RBcel1, an endo-1,4-β-glucanase of the GH5 family endowed with transglycosylase activity, is reported. It is the first structure of a GH5 enzyme covalently bound to a natural oligosaccharide with the two catalytic glutamate residues present. The structure of the variant RBcel1_E135A in complex with cellotriose is also reported, allowing a description of the entire binding cleft of RBcel1. Taken together, the structures deliver different snapshots of the double-displacement mechanism. The structural analysis revealed a significant movement of the nucleophilic glutamate residue during the reaction. Enzymatic assays indicated that, as expected, the acid/base glutamate residue is crucial for the glycosylation step and partly contributes to deglycosylation. Moreover, a conserved tyrosine residue in the -1 subsite, Tyr201, plays a determinant role in both the glycosylation and deglycosylation steps, since the GEI was trapped in the RBcel1_Y201F variant. The approach used to obtain the GEI presented here could easily be transposed to other retaining GHs in clan GH-A.
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- Center for Protein Engineering (CIP), Biological Macromolecules, University of Liège, 13 Allée du 6 Août, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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