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Huang K, Marchesi A, Hollingsworth K, Both P, Mattey AP, Pallister E, Ledru H, Charnock SJ, Galan MC, Turnbull WB, Parmeggiani F, Flitsch SL. Biochemical characterisation of an α1,4 galactosyltransferase from Neisseria weaveri for the synthesis of α1,4-linked galactosides. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:3142-3148. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00407c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new α1,4 galactosyltransferase has been characterised and used for the synthesis of natural and non-natural cell surface trisaccharide antigens.
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Long L, Azadi P, Chen R. Designer biocatalysts for direct incorporation of exogenous galactose into globotriose. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 117:285-290. [PMID: 31631323 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Galactose is ubiquitous. The synthesis of galactose-containing oligosaccharides using Leloir galactosyltransferase requires uridine diphosphate (UDP)-galactose as the precursor. Of all UDP-galactose synthesis pathways developed for in vitro synthesis, the salvage pathway represents the simplest route. In this study, for the first time, we designed and constructed an Escherichia coli strain to use salvage pathway for UDP-galactose synthesis, demonstrating effective and direct incorporation of exogenous galactose into globotriose (Gb3). Successful establishment of salvage pathway enabled a complete delineation of carbon and energy source. Consequently, the designed biocatalyst was able to achieve high yield synthesis from galactose (0.95 moles of Gb3/moles galactose consumed) and a high product titer (2 g/L) in shaker flask within 24 hr. Elimination of limitation in acceptor sugar via homologous overexpression of LacY, the transporter for lactose, further improved the synthesis, raising Gb3 titer to 6 g/L in 24 hr and 7.5 g/L in 48 hr. The design principles successfully demonstrated in this study could be broadly applied for synthesis of other galactose-containing oligosaccharides. This study also illustrates a valid strategy to overcome limitation in the transport of acceptor sugar. As lactose is one of the most important basal structures, the significant improvement in synthesis through its enhanced transport could be emulated in numerous other lactose-based oligosaccharides.
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- Lingfeng Long
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.,School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Hunter CD, Guo T, Daskhan G, Richards MR, Cairo CW. Synthetic Strategies for Modified Glycosphingolipids and Their Design as Probes. Chem Rev 2018; 118:8188-8241. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Carmanah D. Hunter
- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Nidetzky B, Gutmann A, Zhong C. Leloir Glycosyltransferases as Biocatalysts for Chemical Production. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Bernd Nidetzky
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), Petersgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Deng L, He C, Zhou Y, Xu L, Xiong H. Ground transport stress affects bacteria in the rumen of beef cattle: A real-time PCR analysis. Anim Sci J 2016; 88:790-797. [PMID: 27696632 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Transport stress syndrome often appears in beef cattle during ground transportation, leading to changes in their capacity to digest food due to changes in rumen microbiota. The present study aimed to analyze bacteria before and after cattle transport. Eight Xianan beef cattle were transported over 1000 km. Rumen fluid and blood were sampled before and after transport. Real-time PCR was used to quantify rumen bacteria. Cortisol and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) were measured. Cortisol and ACTH were increased on day 1 after transportation and decreased by day 3. Cellulolytic bacteria (Fibrobacter succinogenes and Ruminococcus flavefaciens), Ruminococcus amylophilus and Prevotella albensis were increased at 6 h and declined by 15 days after transport. There was a significant reduction in Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens, Prevotella bryantii, Prevotella ruminicola and Anaerovibrio lipolytica after transport. Rumen concentration of acetic acid increased after transport, while rumen pH and concentrations of propionic and butyric acids were decreased. Body weight decreased by 3 days and increased by 15 days after transportation. Using real-time PCR analysis, we detected changes in bacteria in the rumen of beef cattle after transport, which might affect the growth of cattle after transport.
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- Lixin Deng
- Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Nemani KV, Ennis RC, Griswold KE, Gimi B. Magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia induced cytosine deaminase expression in microencapsulated E. coli for enzyme-prodrug therapy. J Biotechnol 2015; 203:32-40. [PMID: 25820125 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Engineered bacterial cells that are designed to express therapeutic enzymes under the transcriptional control of remotely inducible promoters can mediate the de novo conversion of non-toxic prodrugs to their cytotoxic forms. In situ cellular expression of enzymes provides increased stability and control of enzyme activity as compared to isolated enzymes. We have engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli), designed to express cytosine deaminase at elevated temperatures, under the transcriptional control of thermo-regulatory λpL-cI857 promoter cassette which provides a thermal switch to trigger enzyme synthesis. Enhanced cytosine deaminase expression was observed in cultures incubated at 42°C as compared to 30°C, and enzyme expression was further substantiated by spectrophotometric assays indicating enhanced conversion of 5-fluorocytosine to 5-fluorouracil. The engineered cells were subsequently co-encapsulated with magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in immunoprotective alginate microcapsules, and cytosine deaminase expression was triggered remotely by alternating magnetic field-induced hyperthermia. The combination of 5-fluorocytosine with AMF-activated microcapsules demonstrated tumor cell cytotoxicity comparable to direct treatment with 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy. Such enzyme-prodrug therapy, based on engineered and immunoisolated E. coli, may ultimately yield an improved therapeutic index relative to monotherapy, as AMF mediated hyperthermia might be expected to pre-sensitize tumors to chemotherapy under appropriate conditions.
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA; Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA; Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
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Zhao X, Zou Y, Xue M, Ma Z, Wang S, Wang PG, Chen M. A one-pot approach to bio-synthesize globotriose and its derivatives from simpler substrates. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 80:423-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hsieh HW, Davis RA, Hoch JA, Gervay-Hague J. Two-step functionalization of oligosaccharides using glycosyl iodide and trimethylene oxide and its applications to multivalent glycoconjugates. Chemistry 2014; 20:6444-54. [PMID: 24715520 PMCID: PMC4497529 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Oligosaccharide conjugates, such as glycoproteins and glycolipids, are potential chemotherapeutics and also serve as useful tools for understanding the biological roles of carbohydrates. With many modern isolation and synthetic technologies providing access to a wide variety of free sugars, there is increasing need for general methodologies for carbohydrate functionalization. Herein, we report a two-step methodology for the conjugation of per-O-acetylated oligosaccharides to functionalized linkers that can be used for various displays. Oligosaccharides obtained from both synthetic and commercial sources were converted to glycosyl iodides and activated with I2 to form reactive donors that were subsequently trapped with trimethylene oxide to form iodopropyl conjugates in a single step. The terminal iodide served as a chemical handle for further modification. Conversion into the corresponding azide followed by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition afforded multivalent glycoconjugates of Gb3 for further investigation as anti-cancer therapeutics.
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- Hsiao-Wu Hsieh
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 (USA), Fax: (+ 1)530-754-6915
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 (USA), Fax: (+ 1)530-754-6915
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 (USA), Fax: (+ 1)530-754-6915
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 (USA), Fax: (+ 1)530-754-6915
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Hsieh HW, Schombs MW, Gervay-Hague J. Integrating ReSET with glycosyl iodide glycosylation in step-economy syntheses of tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens and immunogenic glycolipids. J Org Chem 2014; 79:1736-48. [PMID: 24490844 PMCID: PMC3985971 DOI: 10.1021/jo402736g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Carbohydrates mediate a wide range of biological processes, and understanding these events and how they might be influenced is a complex undertaking that requires access to pure glycoconjugates. The isolation of sufficient quantities of carbohydrates and glycolipids from biological samples remains a significant challenge that has redirected efforts toward chemical synthesis. However, progress toward complex glycoconjugate total synthesis has been slowed by the need for multiple protection and deprotection steps owing to the large number of similarly reactive hydroxyls in carbohydrates. Two methodologies, regioselective silyl exchange technology (ReSET) and glycosyl iodide glycosylation have now been integrated to streamline the synthesis of the globo series trisaccharides (globotriaose and isoglobotriaose) and α-lactosylceramide (α-LacCer). These glycoconjugates include tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) and immunostimulatory glycolipids that hold promise as immunotherapeutics. Beyond the utility of the step-economy syntheses afforded by this synthetic platform, the studies also reveal a unique electronic interplay between acetate and silyl ether protecting groups. Incorporation of acetates proximal to silyl ethers attenuates their reactivity while reducing undesirable side reactions. This phenomenon can be used to fine-tune the reactivity of silylated/acetylated sugar building blocks.
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- Hsiao-Wu Hsieh
- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Ryu SI, Lee SB. Synthesis of nucleotide sugars and α-galacto-oligosaccharides by recombinant Escherichia coli cells with trehalose substrate. Enzyme Microb Technol 2013; 53:359-63. [PMID: 24034436 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2013.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2013] [Revised: 07/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Useful nucleoside diphosphate (NDP)-sugars and α-galacto-oligosaccharides were synthesized by recombinant Escherichia coli whole cells and compared to those produced by enzyme-coupling. Production yields of NDP-glucoses (Glcs) by whole cells harboring trehalose synthase (TS) were 60% for ADP-Glc, 82% for GDP-Glc, and 27% for UDP-Glc, based on NDP used. Yield of UDP-galactose (Gal) by the whole-cell harboring a UDP-Gal 4-epimerase (pGALE) was 26% of the quantity of UDP-Glc. α-Galacto-oligosaccharides, α-Gal epitope (Galα-3Galβ-4Glu) and globotriose (Galα-4Galβ-4Glu), were produced by the combination of three recombinant whole cells harboring TS, pGALE, and α-galactosyltransferase, with production yields of 48% and 54%, based on UDP, respectively. Production yields of NDP-sugars and α-galacto-oligosaccharides by recombinant whole-cell reactions were approximately 1.5 times greater than those of enzyme-coupled reactions. These results suggest that a recombinant whole-cell system using cells harboring TS with trehalose as a substrate may be used as an alternative and practical method for the production of NDP-sugars and α-galacto-oligosaccharides.
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- Soo-In Ryu
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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- Ryan M Schmaltz
- The Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Ruprecht C, Mutwil M, Saxe F, Eder M, Nikoloski Z, Persson S. Large-scale co-expression approach to dissect secondary cell wall formation across plant species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 2:23. [PMID: 22639584 PMCID: PMC3355677 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plant cell walls are complex composites largely consisting of carbohydrate-based polymers, and are generally divided into primary and secondary walls based on content and characteristics. Cellulose microfibrils constitute a major component of both primary and secondary cell walls and are synthesized at the plasma membrane by cellulose synthase (CESA) complexes. Several studies in Arabidopsis have demonstrated the power of co-expression analyses to identify new genes associated with secondary wall cellulose biosynthesis. However, across-species comparative co-expression analyses remain largely unexplored. Here, we compared co-expressed gene vicinity networks of primary and secondary wall CESAsin Arabidopsis, barley, rice, poplar, soybean, Medicago, and wheat, and identified gene families that are consistently co-regulated with cellulose biosynthesis. In addition to the expected polysaccharide acting enzymes, we also found many gene families associated with cytoskeleton, signaling, transcriptional regulation, oxidation, and protein degradation. Based on these analyses, we selected and biochemically analyzed T-DNA insertion lines corresponding to approximately twenty genes from gene families that re-occur in the co-expressed gene vicinity networks of secondary wall CESAs across the seven species. We developed a statistical pipeline using principal component analysis and optimal clustering based on silhouette width to analyze sugar profiles. One of the mutants, corresponding to a pinoresinol reductase gene, displayed disturbed xylem morphology and held lower levels of lignin molecules. We propose that this type of large-scale co-expression approach, coupled with statistical analysis of the cell wall contents, will be useful to facilitate rapid knowledge transfer across plant species.
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- Colin Ruprecht
- Independent Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyPotsdam, Germany
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- Independent Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyPotsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and InterfacesPotsdam, Germany
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- Independent Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyPotsdam, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of PotsdamPotsdam, Germany
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- Independent Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyPotsdam, Germany
- *Correspondence: Staffan Persson, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. e-mail:
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Gantt RW, Peltier-Pain P, Thorson JS. Enzymatic methods for glyco(diversification/randomization) of drugs and small molecules. Nat Prod Rep 2011; 28:1811-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c1np00045d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zhou G, Liu X, Su D, Li L, Xiao M, Wang PG. Large scale enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides and a novel purification process. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:311-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Beine R, Valente AR, Biedendieck R, Jahn D, Seibel J. Directed optimization of biocatalytic transglycosylation processes by the integration of genetic algorithms and fermentative approaches into a kinetic model. Process Biochem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bernardes GJL, Castagner B, Seeberger PH. Combined approaches to the synthesis and study of glycoproteins. ACS Chem Biol 2009; 4:703-13. [PMID: 19271728 DOI: 10.1021/cb900014n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Carbohydrates are the basis for many therapeutic and diagnostic strategies, yet the full potential of glycans in medicine has not been realized. The study of the precise role of different carbohydrates, bound to either proteins or lipids, is hampered by difficulties in accessing pure, well-defined glycoconjugates. This Review highlights recent advances in glycobiology with a particular emphasis on oligosaccharide synthesis and conjugation techniques for the construction of homogeneous glycoconjugates. New methods for the study of protein-glycan interactions such as carbohydrate arrays and in vivo visualization of glycosylation pattern changes will also be addressed. The development of glycotherapeutics is just beginning, and much remains to be understood about the relationship between glycoconjugate structure and function. The emergence of novel tools will certainly facilitate and expand the use of carbohydrates in therapeutics and diagnostics.
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- Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany,
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany,
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Rejzek M, Sri Kannathasan V, Wing C, Preston A, Westman EL, Lam JS, Naismith JH, Maskell DJ, Field RA. Chemical synthesis of UDP-Glc-2,3-diNAcA, a key intermediate in cell surface polysaccharide biosynthesis in the human respiratory pathogens B. pertussis and P. aeruginosa. Org Biomol Chem 2009; 7:1203-10. [PMID: 19262941 DOI: 10.1039/b819607a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In connection with studies on lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in respiratory pathogens we had a need to access potential biosynthetic intermediate sugar nucleotides. Herein we report the chemical synthesis of uridine 5'-diphospho 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucuronic acid (UDP-Glc-2,3-diNAcA) (1) from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in 17 steps and approximately 9% overall yield. This compound has proved invaluable in the elucidation of biosynthetic pathways leading to the formation of 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-D-mannuronic acid-containing polysaccharides.
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- Martin Rejzek
- School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK NR4 7TJ
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Miyagawa A, Kasuya MCZ, Hatanaka K. Alternative methods of globotrioside production using Vero cells: a microcarrier system procedure. Chem Cent J 2007; 1:26. [PMID: 17980049 PMCID: PMC2213644 DOI: 10.1186/1752-153x-1-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2007] [Accepted: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Glycolipids are one component of cell membranes, and are found most prevalently at the surface of the plasma membrane. Animal cells take in amphipathic glycosides, which are later glycosylated after assimilation in biosynthetic pathways. Gycosylated glycosides are released outside of cells to the surrounding culture medium. This represents an accessible method of obtaining complex glycosides. Results Vero cells are sensitive to Shiga toxins and are known to express the glycosides globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb3) and globotetraosyl ceramide (Gb4) on the surface of the plasma membrane. By administering amphipathic lactosides to Vero cells, the above mentioned glycolipids could be produced by the action of cellular enzymes. In our study, the optimum conditions (seeded cell number, incubated time period, 12-azidododecyl lactoside concentration and medium volume) for the production of Gb3 analogue were investigated. The 87.9 μg/100 mm dish (11.7 % yield) Gb3 analogue was produced under appropriate conditions. The large-scale culture of Vero cells using a microcarrier culture method with repetitions produced about 30 mg of the Gb3 analogue. Conclusion The mass production of glycosides in Vero cells was carried out on a microcarrier with repeated administration of 12-azidododecyl lactoside. The results indicated that the use of both a microcarrier culture and repetition were highly effective in the production of Gb3, Gb4 and sialyl lactoside (GM3) type-oligosaccharides.
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- Atsushi Miyagawa
- Center for Collaborative Research, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Lim EK, Ashford DA, Bowles DJ. The synthesis of small-molecule rhamnosides through the rational design of a whole-cell biocatalysis system. Chembiochem 2006; 7:1181-5. [PMID: 16927318 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Eng-Kiat Lim
- CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Shoaf K, Mulvey GL, Armstrong GD, Hutkins RW. Prebiotic galactooligosaccharides reduce adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to tissue culture cells. Infect Immun 2006; 74:6920-8. [PMID: 16982832 PMCID: PMC1698067 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01030-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Prebiotic oligosaccharides are thought to provide beneficial effects in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals by stimulating growth of selected members of the intestinal microflora. Another means by which prebiotic oligosaccharides may confer health benefits is via their antiadhesive activity. Specifically, these oligosaccharides may directly inhibit infections by enteric pathogens due to their ability to act as structural mimics of the pathogen binding sites that coat the surface of gastrointestinal epithelial cells. In this study, the ability of commercial prebiotics to inhibit attachment of microcolony-forming enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) was investigated. The adherence of EPEC strain E2348/69 on HEp-2 and Caco-2 cells, in the presence of fructooligosaccharides, inulin, galactooligosaccharides (GOS), lactulose, and raffinose was determined by cultural enumeration and microscopy. Purified GOS exhibited the greatest adherence inhibition on both HEp-2 and Caco-2 cells, reducing the adherence of EPEC by 65 and 70%, respectively. In addition, the average number of bacteria per microcolony was significantly reduced from 14 to 4 when GOS was present. Adherence inhibition by GOS was dose dependent, reaching a maximum at 16 mg/ml. When GOS was added to adhered EPEC cells, no displacement was observed. The expression of BfpA, a bundle-forming-pilus protein involved in localized adherence, was not affected by GOS, indicating that adherence inhibition was not due to the absence of this adherence factor. In addition, GOS did not affect autoaggregation. These observations suggest that some prebiotic oligosaccharides may have antiadhesive activity and directly inhibit the adherence of pathogens to the host epithelial cell surface.
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- Kari Shoaf
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 338 FIC, Lincoln, NE 68583-0919, USA
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Ruffing A, Chen RR. Metabolic engineering of microbes for oligosaccharide and polysaccharide synthesis. Microb Cell Fact 2006; 5:25. [PMID: 16859553 PMCID: PMC1544344 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-5-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2005] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Metabolic engineering has recently been embraced as an effective tool for developing whole-cell biocatalysts for oligosaccharide and polysaccharide synthesis. Microbial catalysts now provide a practical means to derive many valuable oligosaccharides, previously inaccessible through other methods, in sufficient quantities to support research and clinical applications. The synthesis process based upon these microbes is scalable as it avoids expensive starting materials. Most impressive is the high product concentrations (up to 188 g/L) achieved through microbe-catalyzed synthesis. The overall cost for selected molecules has been brought to a reasonable range (estimated $ 30–50/g). Microbial synthesis of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides is a carbon-intensive and energy-intensive process, presenting some unique challenges in metabolic engineering. Unlike nicotinamide cofactors, the required sugar nucleotides are products of multiple interacting pathways, adding significant complexity to the metabolic engineering effort. Besides the challenge of providing the necessary mammalian-originated glycosyltransferases in active form, an adequate uptake of sugar acceptors can be an issue when another sugar is necessary as a carbon and energy source. These challenges are analyzed, and various strategies used to overcome these difficulties are reviewed in this article. Despite the impressive success of the microbial coupling strategy, there is a need to develop a single strain that can achieve at least the same efficiency. Host selection and the manner with which the synthesis interacts with the central metabolism are two important factors in the design of microbial catalysts. Additionally, unlike in vitro enzymatic synthesis, product degradation and byproduct formation are challenges of whole-cell systems that require additional engineering. A systematic approach that accounts for various and often conflicting requirements of the synthesis holds the key to deriving an efficient catalyst. Metabolic engineering strategies applied to selected polysaccharides (hyaluronan, alginate, and exopolysaccharides for food use) are reviewed in this article to highlight the recent progress in this area and similarity to challenges in oligosaccharide synthesis. Many naturally occurring microbes possess highly efficient mechanisms for polysaccharide synthesis. These mechanisms could potentially be engineered into a microbe for oligosaccharide and polysaccharide synthesis with enhanced efficiency.
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- Anne Ruffing
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0100, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0100, USA
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Efficient chemoenzymatic syntheses of iGb3 and Gb3 have been developed. Isoglobotrihexose and globotrihexose were enzymatically synthesized by a three-enzyme system in both solid and solution phases. Then iGb3 and Gb3 were chemically synthesized by coupling of the corresponding trisaccharides with lipid.
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- Qingjia Yao
- Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Cottaz S, Samain E. Genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of NI,NII-diacetylchitobiose (chitinbiose) and its utilization as a primer for the synthesis of complex carbohydrates. Metab Eng 2005; 7:311-7. [PMID: 16046269 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2004] [Revised: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 05/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chitinbiose was produced at more than 4 g L-1 by a high cell density culture of an Escherichia coli strain that co-expressed the rhizobial chitinoligosaccharide synthase gene nodC and a truncated form of the chitinase gene chiA which has been designed to be functionally produced in the E. coli cytoplasm. Chitinpentaose, which has previously been shown to be produced by the nodC protein in growing E. coli, was formed as an intermediate that was subsequently hydrolyzed into chitinbiose by the chitinase encoded by chiA. Chitinbiose was mainly recovered in the extracellular medium and to prevent its catabolism, the genes for the chitinbiose PTS permease had to be disrupted. When the additional gene lgtB for beta1,4-galactosyltransferase was expressed, intracellular chitinbiose was converted into the trisaccharide Galbeta-4GlcNAcbeta-4GlcNAc which could serve as acceptor for glycosyltransferase that recognize the terminal N-acetyllactosamine structure.
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- Sylvain Cottaz
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, ICMG, FR CNRS - UJF 2607, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex9, France
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Yang J, Fu X, Liao J, Liu L, Thorson JS. Structure-Based Engineering of E. coli Galactokinase as a First Step toward In Vivo Glycorandomization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 12:657-64. [PMID: 15975511 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 03/28/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In vitro glycorandomization is a rapid chemoenzymatic strategy to diversify complex natural product scaffolds. The glycorandomization sugar activation pathway is dependent upon the efficient construction of diverse sugar-1-phosphate libraries. In the context of the previously evolved GalK Y371H "gatekeeper" mutation, the active site M173L mutation described herein presents a kinase with remarkably broadened substrate range to include 28 diverse natural and unnatural sugars. Among these new substrates, 6-azido-6-deoxy-galactose and 6-azido-6-deoxy-glucose present unique chemical probes to assess the utility of an E. coli Y371H/M173L-GalK-overproducing strain to generate unnatural sugar-1-phosphates in vivo. Remarkably, the in vivo conversion of both unnatural sugars rival that demonstrated in vitro. This notable in vivo success stands as the first step toward constructing short sugar-activation pathways in vivo and, ultimately, in vivo natural-product glycorandomization.
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- Jie Yang
- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Antoine T, Bosso C, Heyraud A, Samain E. Large scale in vivo synthesis of globotriose and globotetraose by high cell density culture of metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Biochimie 2005; 87:197-203. [PMID: 15760713 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Large amounts of globotriose (Galalpha-4Galbeta-4Glc) are shown to be produced by the high cell density culture of an Escherichia coli strain over-expressing the Neisseria meningitidis lgtC gene for alpha-1,4-Gal transferase. The strain which was devoid of both alpha and beta galactosidase activity was fed with glycerol as the energy and carbon source and with lactose as precursor for globotriose synthesis. After complete exhaustion of lactose, globotriose could serve as an alternative acceptor for LgtC and the formation of a series of polygalactosylated compounds was observed. The system was extended to the synthesis of globotetraose (GalNAcbeta-3Galalpha-4Galbeta-4Glc) by overexpressing two additional genes: lgtD from Haemophilus influenzae Rd which encodes a beta-1,3-GalNAc transferase and wbpP from Pseudomonas aeruginosa which encodes a UDP-GalNAc C4 epimerase. Globotetraose could also be produced from exogenous globotriose which was shown to be actively taken up by the cells.
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- Tatiana Antoine
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, 601, rue de la Chimie, BP 53X, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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glycorandomization is a chemoenzymatic strategy that overcomes the limitations in natural product derivatization associated with both solely chemistry-based approaches or in vivo engineering. In this article we present the basic strategies for glycorandomization development as a next-generation tool in drug discovery.
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- Jie Yang
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53705, USA
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