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Chiang YC, Wu CY, Chiang PY, Adak AK, Lin CC. A concise chemoenzymatic total synthesis of neutral Globo-series glycosphingolipids Globo A and Globo B, and Forssman and para-Forssman antigens. Glycoconj J 2023; 40:551-563. [PMID: 37606864 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-023-10133-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Globo A is a neutral Globo-series glycosphingolipid (GSL) that shows natural properties of a cytotoxicity receptor NKp44 binding ligand. The highly complex heptasaccharide glycan structure of Globo A combined with its biological profile provides a unique target for the development of a synthetic method to facilitate its bioactivity studies. Here, a concise chemoenzymatic route to the synthesis of Globo A and its α1,3-galactose-linked congener Globo B is reported. The key to success was the use of a synthetic azido β-Globo H sphingosine (Globo H-βSph) as an acceptor substrate and two glycosyl transferases, an α1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase from Helicobacter mustelae (BgtA) and a human blood group B α1,3-galactosyltransferase (h1,3GTB), for stereoselective construction of the terminal α1,3-GalNAc and α1,3-Gal linkages, respectively. The azido-Sph lipid sidechain is further elaborated by reduction and a chemoselective N-acylation to complete the total synthesis of the neutral Globo-series GSLs. In addition, the synthesis of Forssman and para-Forssman antigens were prepared. The strategy may be suitable for accessing other complex GSLs and related lipid-modified GSL derivatives.
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- Yu-Ching Chiang
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101 Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
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Fang W, Zhong K, Cheng J, Liu X, Liu C, Wang Z, Cao H. Capture‐Release
Strategy Facilitates Rapid Enzymatic Assembly of Oligosaccharides. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Wenyuan Fang
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate‐Based Medicine, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology Shandong University Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate‐Based Medicine, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology Shandong University Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy Ocean University of China Qingdao Shandong 266003 China
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- College of Pharmacy Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate‐Based Medicine, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology Shandong University Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate‐Based Medicine, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology Shandong University Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
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- Glycobiology and Glycotechnology Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710069 China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Carbohydrate‐Based Medicine, and Shandong Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology Shandong University Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy Ocean University of China Qingdao Shandong 266003 China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao Shandong 266237 China
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Zhang J, Liu D, Saikam V, Gadi MR, Gibbons C, Fu X, Song H, Yu J, Kondengaden SM, Wang PG, Wen L. Machine-Driven Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycopeptide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19825-19829. [PMID: 32677091 PMCID: PMC7733604 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Historically, researchers have put considerable effort into developing automation systems to prepare natural biopolymers such as peptides and oligonucleotides. The availability of such mature systems has significantly advanced the development of natural science. Over the past twenty years, breakthroughs in automated synthesis of oligosaccharides have also been achieved. A machine-driven platform for glycopeptide synthesis by a reconstructed peptide synthesizer is described. The designed platform is based on the use of an amine-functionalized silica resin to facilitate the chemical synthesis of peptides in organic solvent as well as the enzymatic synthesis of glycan epitopes in the aqueous phase in a single reaction vessel. Both syntheses were performed by a peptide synthesizer in a semiautomated manner.
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- Jiabin Zhang
- 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, 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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- Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Zhang J, Liu D, Saikam V, Gadi MR, Gibbons C, Fu X, Song H, Yu J, Kondengaden SM, Wang PG, Wen L. Machine‐Driven Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycopeptide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202001124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jiabin Zhang
- 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 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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- Imperial College London Du Cane Road London W12 0NN UK
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
- School of Medicine Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen China
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- Department of Chemistry Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 USA
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201203 China
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Chao Q, Ding Y, Chen ZH, Xiang MH, Wang N, Gao XD. Recent Progress in Chemo-Enzymatic Methods for the Synthesis of N-Glycans. Front Chem 2020; 8:513. [PMID: 32612979 PMCID: PMC7309569 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Asparagine (N)-linked glycosylation is one of the most common co- and post-translational modifications of both intra- and extracellularly distributing proteins, which directly affects their biological functions, such as protein folding, stability and intercellular traffic. Production of the structural well-defined homogeneous N-glycans contributes to comprehensive investigation of their biological roles and molecular basis. Among the various methods, chemo-enzymatic approach serves as an alternative to chemical synthesis, providing high stereoselectivity and economic efficiency. This review summarizes some recent advances in the chemo-enzymatic methods for the production of N-glycans, including the preparation of substrates and sugar donors, and the progress in the glycosyltransferases characterization which leads to the diversity of N-glycan synthesis. We discuss the bottle-neck and new opportunities in exploiting the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of N-glycans based on our research experiences. In addition, downstream applications of the constructed N-glycans, such as automation devices and homogeneous glycoproteins synthesis are also described.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Enzyme and microbial technology for synthesis of bioactive oligosaccharides: an update. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:3017-3026. [PMID: 29476402 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8839-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Oligosaccharides, in either free or bound forms, play crucial roles in a wide range of biological processes. Increasing appreciation of their roles in cellular communication, interaction, pathogenesis, and prebiotic functions has stimulated tremendous interests in their synthesis. Pure and structurally defined oligosaccharides are essential for fundamental studies. On the other hand, for those with near term medical and nutraceutical applications, their large-scale synthesis is necessary. Unfortunately, oligosaccharides are notoriously difficult in their synthesis, and their enormous diverse structures leave a vast gap between what have been synthesized in laboratory and those present in various biological systems. While enzymes and microbes are nature's catalysts for oligosaccharides, their effective use is not without challenges. Using examples of galactose-containing oligosaccharides, this review analyzes the pros and cons of these two forms of biocatalysts and provides an updated view on the status of biocatalysis in this important field. Over the past few years, a large number of novel galactosidases were discovered and/or engineered for improved synthesis via transglycosylation. The use of salvage pathway for regeneration of uridine diphosphate (UDP)-galactose has made the use of Leloir glycosyltransferases simpler and more efficient. The recent success of large-scale synthesis of 2' fucosyllactose heralded the power of whole-cell biocatalysis as a scalable technology. While it still lags behind enzyme catalysis in terms of the number of oligosaccharides synthesized, an acceleration in the use of this form of biocatalyst is expected as rapid advances in synthetic biology have made the engineering of whole cell biocatalysts less arduous and less time consuming.
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Moremen KW, Ramiah A, Stuart M, Steel J, Meng L, Forouhar F, Moniz HA, Gahlay G, Gao Z, Chapla D, Wang S, Yang JY, Prabahkar PK, Johnson R, dela Rosa M, Geisler C, Nairn AV, Wu SC, Tong L, Gilbert HJ, LaBaer J, Jarvis DL. Expression system for structural and functional studies of human glycosylation enzymes. Nat Chem Biol 2018; 14:156-162. [PMID: 29251719 PMCID: PMC5774587 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Vertebrate glycoproteins and glycolipids are synthesized in complex biosynthetic pathways localized predominantly within membrane compartments of the secretory pathway. The enzymes that catalyze these reactions are exquisitely specific, yet few have been extensively characterized because of challenges associated with their recombinant expression as functional products. We used a modular approach to create an expression vector library encoding all known human glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases, and sulfotransferases, as well as other glycan-modifying enzymes. We then expressed the enzymes as secreted catalytic domain fusion proteins in mammalian and insect cell hosts, purified and characterized a subset of the enzymes, and determined the structure of one enzyme, the sialyltransferase ST6GalNAcII. Many enzymes were produced at high yields and at similar levels in both hosts, but individual protein expression levels varied widely. This expression vector library will be a transformative resource for recombinant enzyme production, broadly enabling structure-function studies and expanding applications of these enzymes in glycochemistry and glycobiology.
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- Kelley W. Moremen
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
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Ye J, Liu XW, Peng P, Yi W, Chen X, Wang F, Cao H. Diversity-Oriented Enzymatic Modular Assembly of ABO Histo-blood Group Antigens. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jinfeng Ye
- National
Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- National
Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- National
Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- National
Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
- Key
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- National
Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
- State Key
Laboratory of Microbiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Wagner GK, Pesnot T, Palcic MM, Jørgensen R. Novel UDP-GalNAc Derivative Structures Provide Insight into the Donor Specificity of Human Blood Group Glycosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:31162-72. [PMID: 26527682 PMCID: PMC4692239 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.681262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Two closely related glycosyltransferases are responsible for the final step of the biosynthesis of ABO(H) human blood group A and B antigens. The two enzymes differ by only four amino acid residues, which determine whether the enzymes transfer GalNAc from UDP-GalNAc or Gal from UDP-Gal to the H-antigen acceptor. The enzymes belong to the class of GT-A folded enzymes, grouped as GT6 in the CAZy database, and are characterized by a single domain with a metal dependent retaining reaction mechanism. However, the exact role of the four amino acid residues in the specificity of the enzymes is still unresolved. In this study, we report the first structural information of a dual specificity cis-AB blood group glycosyltransferase in complex with a synthetic UDP-GalNAc derivative. Interestingly, the GalNAc moiety adopts an unusual yet catalytically productive conformation in the binding pocket, which is different from the "tucked under" conformation previously observed for the UDP-Gal donor. In addition, we show that this UDP-GalNAc derivative in complex with the H-antigen acceptor provokes the same unusual binding pocket closure as seen for the corresponding UDP-Gal derivative. Despite this, the two derivatives show vastly different kinetic properties. Our results provide a important structural insight into the donor substrate specificity and utilization in blood group biosynthesis, which can very likely be exploited for the development of new glycosyltransferase inhibitors and probes.
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- Gerd K Wagner
- From the Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, Britannia House, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- the University of East Anglia, School of Pharmacy, Norwich NR47TJ, England, and
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- the Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- the Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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Jørgensen R, Batot G, Mannerstedt K, Imberty A, Breton C, Hindsgaul O, Royant A, Palcic MM. Structures of a human blood group glycosyltransferase in complex with a photo-activatable UDP-Gal derivative reveal two different binding conformations. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS 2014; 70:1015-21. [PMID: 25084373 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x1401259x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Glycosyltransferases (GTs) catalyse the sequential addition of monosaccharides to specific acceptor molecules and play major roles in key biological processes. GTs are classified into two main families depending on the inverted or retained stereochemistry of the glycosidic bond formed during the reaction. While the mechanism of inverting enzymes is well characterized, the precise nature of retaining GTs is still a matter of much debate. In an attempt to clarify this issue, studies were initiated to identify reaction-intermediate states by using a crystallographic approach based on caged substrates. In this paper, two distinct structures of AA(Gly)B, a dual-specificity blood group synthase, are described in complex with a UDP-galactose derivative in which the O6'' atom is protected by a 2-nitrobenzyl group. The distinct conformations of the caged substrate in both structures of the enzyme illustrate the highly dynamic nature of its active site. An attempt was also made to photolyse the caged compound at low temperature, which unfortunately is not possible without damaging the uracil group as well. These results pave the way for kinetic crystallography experiments aiming at trapping and characterizing reaction-intermediate states in the mechanism of enzymatic glycosyl transfer.
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- René Jørgensen
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, 5 Artillerivej, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38043 Grenoble, France
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- CERMAV-CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
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- CERMAV-CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, F-38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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Johal AR, Blackler RJ, Alfaro JA, Schuman B, Borisova S, Evans SV. pH-induced conformational changes in human ABO(H) blood group glycosyltransferases confirm the importance of electrostatic interactions in the formation of the semi-closed state. Glycobiology 2013; 24:237-46. [PMID: 24265507 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The homologous human ABO(H) A and B blood group glycosyltransferases GTA and GTB have two mobile polypeptide loops surrounding their active sites that serve to allow substrate access and product egress and to recognize and sequester substrates for catalysis. Previous studies have established that these enzymes can move from the "open" state to the "semi-closed" then "closed" states in response to addition of a substrate. The contribution of electrostatic interactions to these conformational changes has now been demonstrated by the determination at various pH of the structures of GTA, GTB and the chimeric enzyme ABBA. At near-neutral pH, GTA displays the closed state in which both mobile loops order around the active site, whereas ABBA and GTB display the open state. At low pH, the apparent protonation of the DXD motif in GTA leads to the expulsion of the donor analog to yield the open state, whereas at high pH, both ABBA and GTB form the semi-closed state in which the first mobile loop becomes an ordered α-helix. Step-wise deprotonation of GTB in increments of 0.5 between pH 6.5 and 10.0 shows that helix ordering is gradual, which indicates that the formation of the semi-closed state is dependent on electrostatic forces consistent with the binding of substrate. Spectropolarimetric studies of the corresponding stand-alone peptide in solution reveal no tendency toward helix formation from pH 7.0 to 10.0, which shows that pH-dependent stability is a product of the larger protein environment and underlines the importance of substrate in active site ordering.
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- Asha R Johal
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
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Wang S, Cuesta-Seijo JA, Lafont D, Palcic MM, Vidal S. Design of glycosyltransferase inhibitors: pyridine as a pyrophosphate surrogate. Chemistry 2013; 19:15346-57. [PMID: 24108680 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
A series of ten glycosyltransferase inhibitors has been designed and synthesized by using pyridine as a pyrophosphate surrogate. The series was prepared by conjugation of carbohydrate, pyridine, and nucleoside building blocks by using a combination of glycosylation, the Staudinger-Vilarrasa amide-bond formation, and azide-alkyne click chemistry. The compounds were evaluated as inhibitors of five metal-dependent galactosyltransferases. Crystallographic analyses of three inhibitors complexed in the active site of one of the enzymes confirmed that the pyridine moiety chelates the Mn(2+) ion causing a slight displacement (2 Å) from its original position. The carbohydrate head group occupies a different position than in the natural uridine diphosphate (UDP)-Gal substrate with little interaction with the enzyme.
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- Shuai Wang
- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique 2, Glycochimie, UMR 5246, CNRS and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 6922 Villeurbanne (France), Fax: (+33) 472-448-109
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Jørgensen R, Pesnot T, Lee HJ, Palcic MM, Wagner GK. Base-modified donor analogues reveal novel dynamic features of a glycosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:26201-26208. [PMID: 23836908 PMCID: PMC3764824 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.465963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are enzymes that are involved, as Nature's "glycosylation reagents," in many fundamental biological processes including cell adhesion and blood group biosynthesis. Although of similar importance to that of other large enzyme families such as protein kinases and proteases, the undisputed potential of GTs for chemical biology and drug discovery has remained largely unrealized to date. This is due, at least in part, to a relative lack of GT inhibitors and tool compounds for structural, mechanistic, and cellular studies. In this study, we have used a novel class of GT donor analogues to obtain new structural and enzymological information for a representative blood group GT. These analogues interfere with the folding of an internal loop and the C terminus, which are essential for catalysis. Our experiments have led to the discovery of an entirely new active site folding mode for this enzyme family, which can be targeted in inhibitor development, similar to the DFG motif in protein kinases. Taken together, our results provide new insights into substrate binding, dynamics, and utilization in this important enzyme family, which can very likely be harnessed for the rational development of new GT inhibitors and probes.
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- René Jørgensen
- From the Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark,; the Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark,.
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- the University of East Anglia, School of Pharmacy, Norwich NR47TJ, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G2G2, Canada, and
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- the Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- the King's College London, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Department of Chemistry, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
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Jørgensen R, Grimm LL, Sindhuwinata N, Peters T, Palcic MM. A glycosyltransferase inhibitor from a molecular fragment library simultaneously interferes with metal ion and substrate binding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:4171-5. [PMID: 22407594 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Rene Jørgensen
- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, 1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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Jørgensen R, Grimm LL, Sindhuwinata N, Peters T, Palcic MM. A Glycosyltransferase Inhibitor from a Molecular Fragment Library Simultaneously Interferes with Metal Ion and Substrate Binding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201108345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Schuman B, Persson M, Landry RC, Polakowski R, Weadge JT, Seto NOL, Borisova SN, Palcic MM, Evans SV. Cysteine-to-serine mutants dramatically reorder the active site of human ABO(H) blood group B glycosyltransferase without affecting activity: structural insights into cooperative substrate binding. J Mol Biol 2010; 402:399-411. [PMID: 20655926 PMCID: PMC3069981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 07/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A common feature in the structures of GT-A-fold-type glycosyltransferases is a mobile polypeptide loop that has been observed to participate in substrate recognition and enclose the active site upon substrate binding. This is the case for the human ABO(H) blood group B glycosyltransferase GTB, where amino acid residues 177-195 display significantly higher levels of disorder in the unliganded state than in the fully liganded state. Structural studies of mutant enzymes GTB/C80S/C196S and GTB/C80S/C196S/C209S at resolutions ranging from 1.93 to 1.40 A display the opposite trend, where the unliganded structures show nearly complete ordering of the mobile loop residues that is lost upon substrate binding. In the liganded states of the mutant structures, while the UDP moiety of the donor molecule is observed to bind in the expected location, the galactose moiety is observed to bind in a conformation significantly different from that observed for the wild-type chimeric structures. Although this would be expected to impede catalytic turnover, the kinetics of the transfer reaction are largely unaffected. These structures demonstrate that the enzymes bind the donor in a conformation more similar to the dominant solution rotamer and facilitate its gyration into the catalytically competent form. Further, by preventing active-site closure, these structures provide a basis for recently observed cooperativity in substrate binding. Finally, the mutation of C80S introduces a fully occupied UDP binding site at the enzyme dimer interface that is observed to be dependent on the binding of H antigen acceptor analog.
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- Brock Schuman
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3800, STN CSC, Petch Building, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-200 Valby, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-200 Valby, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3800, STN CSC, Petch Building, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3800, STN CSC, Petch Building, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-200 Valby, Denmark
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3800, STN CSC, Petch Building, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P6
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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Adlercreutz D, Weadge JT, Petersen BO, Duus JØ, Dovichi NJ, Palcic MM. Enzymatic synthesis of Gb3 and iGb3 ceramides. Carbohydr Res 2010; 345:1384-8. [PMID: 20206917 PMCID: PMC3282984 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Revised: 02/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gb3 and iGb3 are physiologically important trihexosylceramides with a terminal alpha-d-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-d-Galp- and alpha-d-Galp-(1-->3)-beta-d-Galp sequence, respectively. In particular iGb3 is attracting considerable attention as it is believed to serve as a ligand for natural killer T cells. Whether or not iGb3 is present in humans and which enzyme might be responsible for its synthesis is at present a matter of lively debate. In the current investigation we evaluated human blood group B galactosyltransferase (GTB) for its ability to catalyze the formation of iGb3 from lactosylceramide and UDP-Galp. GTB is a retaining glycosyltransferase that in vivo catalyzes the transfer of galactose from UDP-Galp donors to OH-3 of Galp on the H-antigen (alpha-l-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-d-Galp) acceptor forming the blood group B antigen. GTB tolerates modifications in donor and acceptor substrates and its ability to accept lactosides as acceptors makes it a possible candidate for iGb3 production in humans. For comparison iGb3 and Gb3 were also synthesized from the same acceptor using an alpha-(1-->3)- and alpha-(1-->4)-specific galactosyltransferase, respectively. All the enzymes tested catalyzed the desired reactions. Product characterization by NMR analysis clearly differentiated between the alpha-Galp-(1-->3)-Galp and alpha-Galp-(1-->4)-Galp product, with the GTB product being identical to that of the alpha-(1-->3)-GalT-catalyzed reaction. The rate of transfer by GTB however was very low, only 0.001% of the rate obtained with a good substrate, H antigen disaccharide (octyl alpha-l-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-d-Galp). This is too low to account for the possible formation of the iGb3 structure in humans in vivo.
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Han W, Li L, Pettit N, Yi W, Woodward R, Liu X, Guan W, Bhatt V, Song JK, Wang PG. In vitro reconstitution of Escherichia coli O86 O antigen repeating unit. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 600:93-110. [PMID: 19882123 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-454-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Polysaccharides constitute a major component of the bacterial cell surface. They play critical roles in the interactions between bacteria and the host environments, and consequently contribute to the virulence of pathogens. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) found on the surface of gram-negative bacteria consists of three parts: lipid A, a core oligosaccharide, and the O antigen. The O antigen is the outermost part of LPS and contains multiple oligosaccharide repeating units. Biosynthesis of the O-repeating unit is the first committed step in LPS biosynthesis. We sequenced and characterized the O-antigen biosynthetic gene cluster of Escherichia coli serotype O86. Four glycosyltransferases encoded by the genes within the cluster were cloned and overexpressed. In vitro reconstitution of the O-repeating unit of E. coli 086 was achieved via using these enzymes.
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- Weiqing Han
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Soya N, Shoemaker GK, Palcic MM, Klassen JS. Comparative study of substrate and product binding to the human ABO(H) blood group glycosyltransferases. Glycobiology 2009; 19:1224-34. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Persson M, Palcic MM. A high-throughput pH indicator assay for screening glycosyltransferase saturation mutagenesis libraries. Anal Biochem 2008; 378:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Shoemaker GK, Soya N, Palcic MM, Klassen JS. Temperature-dependent cooperativity in donor-acceptor substrate binding to the human blood group glycosyltransferases. Glycobiology 2008; 18:587-92. [PMID: 18509110 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Affinities of the human blood group glycosyltransferases, alpha-(1-->3)-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GTA) and alpha-(1-->3)-galactosyltransferase (GTB) for their common acceptor substrate alpha-l-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-d-Galp-O(CH2)(7)CH3 (1), in the absence and presence of bound uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP) and Mn2+ were determined using temperature-controlled electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The presence of bound UDP and Mn(2+) in the donor binding site has a marked influence on the thermodynamic parameters for the association of 1 with GTA and GTB. Both the enthalpy and entropy of association (DeltaH(a), DeltaS(a)) decrease significantly. However, the free energy of association (DeltaG(a)) is unchanged at physiological temperature. The differences in the DeltaH(a) and DeltaS(a) values determined in the presence and absence of bound UDP are attributed to structural changes in the glycosyltransferases induced by the simultaneous binding of 1 and UDP.
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- Glen K Shoemaker
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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Randriantsoa M, Drouillard S, Breton C, Samain E. Synthesis of globopentaose using a novel β1,3-galactosyltransferase activity of theHaemophilus influenzaeβ1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase LgtD. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:2652-6. [PMID: 17517393 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Revised: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have previously described a bacterial system for the conversion of globotriaose (Gb3) into globotetraose (Gb4) by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strain expressing the Haemophilus influenzae lgtD gene encoding beta1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase [Antoine, T., Bosso, C., Heyraud, A. Samain, E. (2005) Large scale in vivo synthesis of globotriose and globotetraose by high cell density culture of metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Biochimie 87, 197-203]. Here, we found that LgtD has an additional beta1,3-galactosyltransferase activity which allows our bacterial system to be extended to the synthesis of the carbohydrate portion of globopentaosylceramide (Galbeta-3GalNAcbeta-3Galalpha-4Galbeta-4Glc) which reacts with the monoclonal antibody defining the stage-specific embryonic antigen-3. In vitro assays confirmed that LgtD had both beta1,3-GalT and beta1,3-GalNAcT activities and showed that differences in the affinity for Gb3 and Gb4 explain the specific and exclusive formation of globopentaose.
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- Mialy Randriantsoa
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Schweizer F. Synthesis of fluorescently labelled and internally quenched UDP-Gal probes. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:1831-40. [PMID: 17475229 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2007] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Accepted: 03/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The preparation of fluorescently labelled and internally quenched UDP-Gal probes bearing a fluorescence emitter and a quencher is described. The rate of transfer using several galactosyltransferases was examined. Our results demonstrate that galactose-modified, sugar-nucleotide-modified and double modified UDP-Gal analogues are recognized as weak substrates by blood group B alpha-(1-->3) galactosyltransferase, alpha-(1-->3) galactosyltransferase and milk bovine beta-(1-->4) galactosyltransferase.
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- Frank Schweizer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2.
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Blume A, Angulo J, Biet T, Peters H, Benie AJ, Palcic M, Peters T. Fragment-based screening of the donor substrate specificity of human blood group B galactosyltransferase using saturation transfer difference NMR. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:32728-40. [PMID: 16923820 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600424200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Saturation transfer difference NMR experiments on human blood group B alpha-(1,3)-galactosyltransferase (GTB) for the first time provide a comprehensive set of binding epitopes of donor substrate analogs in relation to the natural donor UDP-Gal. This study revealed that the enzyme binds several UDP-activated sugars, including UDP-Glc, UDP-GlcNAc, and UDP-GalNAc. In all cases, UDP is the dominant binding epitope. To identify the minimum requirements for specific binding, a detailed analysis utilizing a fragment-based approach was employed. The binding of donor substrate to GTB is essentially controlled by the base as a "molecular anchor." Uracil represents the smallest fragment that is recognized, whereas CDP, AMP, and GDP do not exhibit any significant binding affinity for the enzyme. The ribose and beta-phosphate moieties increase the affinity of the ligands, whereas the pyranose sugar apparently weakens the binding, although this part of the molecule controls the specificity of the enzyme. Accordingly, UDP represents the best binder. The binding affinities of UDP-Gal, UDP-Glc, and UMP are about the same, but lower than that of UDP. Furthermore, we observed that beta-D-galactose and alpha-D-galactose bind weakly to GTB. Whereas beta-D-galactose binds to the acceptor and donor sites, it is suggested that alpha-D-galactose occupies a third hitherto unknown binding pocket. Finally, our experiments revealed that modulation of enzymatic activity by metal ions critically depends on the total enzyme concentration, raising the question as to which of the bivalent metal cations Mg(2+) and Mn(2+) is more relevant under physiological conditions.
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- Astrid Blume
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Yazer MH, Zheng RB, Seto NOL, Rose NL, Cho D, Palcic MM. Kinetic studies on Korean serum cis-AB enzymes reveal diminished A and B transferase activities. Vox Sang 2006; 89:161-7. [PMID: 16146508 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00688.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND cis-AB enzymes are rare glycosyltransferases that synthesize both blood group A and B antigens. We have identified a large cohort of Korean cis-AB blood donors and studied the N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (glycosyltransferase A, GTA) and galactosyltransferase (glycosyltransferase B, GTB) activity of their cis-AB serum enzymes. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cis-AB01 allele was identified by PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) in 60 donors collected at the Gwangju-Chonnam Red Cross Blood Center. Enzyme assays of this cis-AB enzyme were performed on available serum samples from 16 donors with the cis-AB01/O genotype and three with the cis-AB01/A genotype. RESULTS In cis-AB donors with an O allele, both the GTA and GTB activity of the cis-AB enzyme were markedly reduced compared to normal A and B controls (29% and 27%, respectively). This is consistent with the behaviour predicted from kinetic studies of a recombinant model of the corresponding AAAB enzyme. CONCLUSION Although variable, cis-AB enzymes feature reduced GTA and GTB activities. SUMMARY Cis-AB enzymes feature variable but reduced GTA and GTB activities with relatively weaker GTB activity, consistent with the weak agglutination present on forward typing with anti-B.
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- M H Yazer
- The Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Polakowski R, Yazer M, Palcic MM. The Donor Cross-Specificity of Human Blood Group Aand B-Synthesizing Glycosyltransferases. Transfus Med Hemother 2004. [DOI: 10.1159/000082127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Lee HJ, Barry CH, Borisova SN, Seto NOL, Zheng RB, Blancher A, Evans SV, Palcic MM. Structural basis for the inactivity of human blood group O2 glycosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:525-9. [PMID: 15475562 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410245200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The human ABO(H) blood group antigens are carbohydrate structures generated by glycosyltransferase enzymes. Glycosyltransferase A (GTA) uses UDP-GalNAc as a donor to transfer a monosaccharide residue to Fuc alpha1-2Gal beta-R (H)-terminating acceptors. Similarly, glycosyltransferase B (GTB) catalyzes the transfer of a monosaccharide residue from UDP-Gal to the same acceptors. These are highly homologous enzymes differing in only four of 354 amino acids, Arg/Gly-176, Gly/Ser-235, Leu/Met-266, and Gly/Ala-268. Blood group O usually stems from the expression of truncated inactive forms of GTA or GTB. Recently, an O(2) enzyme was discovered that was a full-length form of GTA with three mutations, P74S, R176G, and G268R. We showed previously that the R176G mutation increased catalytic activity with minor effects on substrate binding. Enzyme kinetics and high resolution structural studies of mutant enzymes based on the O(2) blood group transferase reveal that whereas the P74S mutation in the stem region of the protein does not appear to play a role in enzyme inactivation, the G268R mutation completely blocks the donor GalNAc-binding site leaving the acceptor binding site unaffected.
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- Ho Jun Lee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Marcus SL, Polakowski R, Seto NOL, Leinala E, Borisova S, Blancher A, Roubinet F, Evans SV, Palcic MM. A single point mutation reverses the donor specificity of human blood group B-synthesizing galactosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:12403-5. [PMID: 12529355 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212002200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Blood group A and B antigens are carbohydrate structures that are synthesized by glycosyltransferase enzymes. The final step in B antigen synthesis is carried out by an alpha1-3 galactosyltransferase (GTB) that transfers galactose from UDP-Gal to type 1 or type 2, alphaFuc1-->2betaGal-R (H)-terminating acceptors. Similarly the A antigen is produced by an alpha1-3 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase that transfers N-acetylgalactosamine from UDP-GalNAc to H-acceptors. Human alpha1-3 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and GTB are highly homologous enzymes differing in only four of 354 amino acids (R176G, G235S, L266M, and G268A). Single crystal x-ray diffraction studies have shown that the latter two of these amino acids are responsible for the difference in donor specificity, while the other residues have roles in acceptor binding and turnover. Recently a novel cis-AB allele was discovered that produced A and B cell surface structures. It had codons corresponding to GTB with a single point mutation that replaced the conserved amino acid proline 234 with serine. Active enzyme expressed from a synthetic gene corresponding to GTB with a P234S mutation shows a dramatic and complete reversal of donor specificity. Although this enzyme contains all four "critical" amino acids associated with the production of blood group B antigen, it preferentially utilizes the blood group A donor UDP-GalNAc and shows only marginal transfer of UDP-Gal. The crystal structure of the mutant reveals the basis for the shift in donor specificity.
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- Sandra L Marcus
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Rapid advances in the cloning and expression of glycosyltransferase genes, especially from bacteria, could open the way to overcoming difficulties in the mass production of oligosaccharides. The large-scale production of oligosaccharides using either glycosyltransferases isolated from engineered microorganisms or whole cells as an enzyme source could promote a new era in the field of carbohydrate synthesis.
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- T Endo
- Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co Ltd, 3-6-6, Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, 194-8533, Tokyo, Japan.
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Mukherjee A, Palcic MM, Hindsgaul O. Synthesis and enzymatic evaluation of modified acceptors of recombinant blood group A and B glycosyltransferases. Carbohydr Res 2000; 326:1-21. [PMID: 16001502 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)00003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The disaccharide alpha-L-Fucp-(1 --> 2)-beta-D-Galp-(1 --> O)-Octyl (1) is an acceptor for the human blood group A and B glycosyltransferases. Seven analogues of 1, containing deoxy, methoxy and arabino modifications of the Fuc residue, were chemically synthesized and kinetically evaluated in radioactive enzymatic assays. Both the enzymes tolerate modification of the 3'-OH on the fucose residue. The 2'-OH was found to be key to the recognition of the acceptors by these enzymes. The arabino derivative was recognized as an acceptor by the A transferase (Km of 200 microM), but not the B transferase and is the first synthetic acceptor capable of distinguishing between the two enzyme activities.
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- A Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G2
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Seto NO, Compston CA, Szpacenko A, Palcic MM. Enzymatic synthesis of blood group A and B trisaccharide analogues. Carbohydr Res 2000; 324:161-9. [PMID: 10724530 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00297-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Glycosyltransferases A and B utilize the donor substrates UDP-GalNAc and UDP-Gal, respectively, in the biosynthesis of the human blood group A and B trisaccharide antigens from the O(H)-acceptor substrates. These enzymes were cloned as synthetic genes and expressed in Escherichia coli, thereby generating large quantities of enzyme for donor specificity evaluations. The amino acid sequence of glycosyltransferase A only differs from glycosyltransferase B by four amino acids, and alteration of these four amino acid residues (Arg-176-->Gly, Gly-235-->Ser, Leu-266-->Met and Gly-268-->Ala) can change the donor substrate specificity from UDP-GalNAc to UDP-Gal. Crossovers in donor substrate specificity have been observed, i.e., the A transferase can utilize UDP-Gal and B transferase can utilize UDP-GalNAc donor substrates. We now report a unique donor specificity for each enzyme type. Only A transferase can utilize UDP-GlcNAc donor substrates synthesizing the blood group A trisaccharide analog alpha-D-Glcp-NAc-(1-->3)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1-->2)]-beta-D-Galp-O-(CH2 )7CH3 (4). Recombinant blood group B was shown to use UDP-Glc donor substrates synthesizing blood group B trisaccharide analog alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-[alpha-L-Fucp-(1-->2)]-beta-D-Galp-O-(CH2) 7CH3 (5). In addition, a true hybrid enzyme was constructed (Gly-235-->Ser, Leu-266-->Met) that could utilize both UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-Glc. Although the rate of transfer with UDP-GlcNAc by the A enzyme was 0.4% that of UDP-GalNAc and the rate of transfer with UDP-Glc by the B enzyme was 0.01% that of UDP-Gal, these cloned enzymes could be used for the enzymatic synthesis of blood group A and B trisaccharide analogs 4 and 5.
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- N O Seto
- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Sujino K, Uchiyama T, Hindsgaul O, Seto NOL, Wakarchuk WW, Palcic MM. Enzymatic Synthesis of Oligosaccharide Analogues: Evaluation of UDP-Gal Analogues as Donors for Three Retaining α-Galactosyltransferases. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja990964u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Keiko Sujino
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada, The Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003 Japan, and Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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Qian X, Sujino K, Otter A, Palcic MM, Hindsgaul O. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of α-(1→3)-Gal(NAc)-Terminating Glycosides of Complex Tertiary Sugar Alcohols. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja993004g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xiangping Qian
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Kamath VP, Seto NO, Compston CA, Hindsgaul O, Palcic MM. Synthesis of the acceptor analog alphaFuc(1-->2)alphaGal-O(CH2)7 CH3: a probe for the kinetic mechanism of recombinant human blood group B glycosyltransferase. Glycoconj J 1999; 16:599-606. [PMID: 10972138 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007072832421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We report the chemical synthesis of alphaFuc(1-->2)alphaGal-O(CH2)7CH3 (1) an analog of the natural blood group (O)H disaccharide alphaFuc(1-->2)betaGal-OR. Compound 1 was a good substrate for recombinant blood group B glycosyltransferase (GTB) and was used as a precursor for the enzymatic synthesis of the blood group B analog (alphaGal(-->3)alphaFuc(1-->2)]alphaGal-O(CH2)7CH3+ ++ (2). To probe the mechanism of the GTB reaction, kinetic evaluations were carried out employing compound 1 or the natural acceptor disaccharide alphaFuc(1-->2)betaGal-O(CH2)7CH3 (3) with UDP-Gal and UDP-GalNAc donors. Comparisons of the kinetic constants for alternative donor and acceptor pairs suggest that the GTB mechanism is Theorell-Chance where donor binding precedes acceptor binding. GTB operates with retention of configuration at the anomeric center of the donor. Retaining reactions are thought to occur via a double-displacement mechanism with formation of a glycosyl-enzyme intermediate consistent with the proposed Theorell-Chance mechanism.
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- V P Kamath
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Seto NO, Compston CA, Evans SV, Bundle DR, Narang SA, Palcic MM. Donor substrate specificity of recombinant human blood group A, B and hybrid A/B glycosyltransferases expressed in Escherichia coli. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 259:770-5. [PMID: 10092863 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The human blood group A and B glycosyltransferases catalyze the transfer of GalNAc and Gal, to the (O)H-precursor structure Fuc alpha (1-2)Gal beta-OR to form the blood group A and B antigens, respectively. Changing four amino acids (176, 235, 266 and 268) alters the specificity from an A to a B glycosyltransferase. A series of hybrid blood group A/B glycosyltransferases were produced by interchanging these four amino acids in synthetic genes coding for soluble forms of the enzymes and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified hybrid glycosyltransferases were characterized by two-substrate enzyme kinetic analysis using both UDP-GalNAc and UDP-Gal donor substrates. The A and B glycosyltransferases were screened with other donor substrates and found to also utilize the unnatural donors UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-Glc, respectively. The kinetic data demonstrate the importance of a single amino acid (266) in determining the A vs. B donor specificity.
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- N O Seto
- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Otter A, Lemieux RU, Ball RG, Venot AP, Hindsgaul O, Bundle DR. Crystal state and solution conformation of the B blood group trisaccharide α-l-Fucp-(1→2)-[α-d-Galp]-(1→3)]-β-d-Galp-OCH3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Seto NO, Palcic MM, Compston CA, Li H, Bundle DR, Narang SA. Sequential interchange of four amino acids from blood group B to blood group A glycosyltransferase boosts catalytic activity and progressively modifies substrate recognition in human recombinant enzymes. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:14133-8. [PMID: 9162041 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.22.14133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The human blood group A and B glycosyltransferase enzymes are highly homologous and the alteration of four critical amino acid residues (Arg-176 --> Gly, Gly-235 --> Ser, Leu-266 --> Met, and Gly-268 --> Ala) is sufficient to change the enzyme specificity from a blood group A to a blood group B glycosyltransferase. To carry out a systematic study, a synthetic gene strategy was employed to obtain their genes and to allow facile mutagenesis. Soluble forms of a recombinant glycosyltransferase A and a set of hybrid glycosyltransferase A and B mutants were expressed in Escherichia coli in high yields, which allowed them to be kinetically characterized extensively for the first time. A functional hybrid A/B mutant enzyme was able to catalyze both A and B reactions, with the kcat being 5-fold higher for the A donor. Surprisingly, even a single amino acid replacement in glycosyltransferase A with the corresponding residue from glycosyltransferase B (Arg-176 --> Gly) produced enzymes with glycosyltransferase A activity only, but with very large (11-fold) increases in the kcat and increased specificity. The increases observed in kcat are among the largest obtained for a single amino acid change and are advantageous for the preparative scale synthesis of blood group antigens.
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- N O Seto
- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6.
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Elling L. Glycobiotechnology: enzymes for the synthesis of nucleotide sugars. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 1997; 58:89-144. [PMID: 9103912 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0103303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Complex carbohydrates, as constituting part of glycoconjugates such as glycoproteins, glycolipids, hormones, antibiotics and other secondary metabolites, play an active role in inter- and intracellular communication. The aim of "glycobiotechnology" as an upcoming interdisciplinary research field is to develop highly efficient synthesis strategies, including in vivo and in vitro approaches, in order to bring such complex molecules into analytical and therapeutic studies. The enzymatic synthesis of glycosidic bonds by Leloir-glycosyltransferases is an efficient strategy for obtaining saccharides with absolute stereo- and regioselectivity in high yields and under mild conditions. There are, however, two obstacles hindering the realization of this process on a biotechnological scale, namely the production of recombinant Leloir-glycosyltransferases and the availability of enzymes for the synthesis of nucleotide sugars (the glycosyltransferase donor substrates). The present review surveys some synthetic targets which have attracted the interest of glycobiologists as well as recombinant expression systems which give Leloir-glycosyltransferase activities in the mU and U range. The main part summarizes publications concerned with the complex pathways of primary and secondary nucleotide sugars and the availability and use of these enzymes for synthesis applications. In this context, a survey of our work will demonstrate how enzymes from different sources and pathways can be combined for the synthesis of nucleotide deoxysugars and oligosaccharides.
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- L Elling
- Institut für Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf im Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
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