Isopeptide Ligation Catalyzed by Quintessential Sortase A
摘要:
The housekeeping transpeptidase sortase A (SrtA) from Staphyloccocus aureus catalyzes the covalent anchoring of surface proteins to the cell wall by linking the threonyl carboxylate of the LPXTG recognition motif to the amino group of the pentaglycine cross-bridge of the peptidoglycan. SrtA-catalyzed ligation of an LPXTG containing polypeptide with an aminoglycine-terminated moiety occurs efficiently in vitro and has inspired the use of this enzyme as a synthetic tool in biological chemistry. Here we demonstrate the propensity of SrtA to catalyze "isopeptide" ligation. Using model peptide sequences, we show that SrtA can transfer LPXTG peptide substrates to the epsilon-amine of specific Lys residues and form cyclized and/or a gamut of branched oligomers. Our results provide insights about principles governing isopeptide ligation reactions catalyzed by SrtA and suggest that although cyclization is guided by distance relationship between Lys (epsilon-amine) and Thr (alpha-carboxyl) residues, facile branched oligomerization requires the presence of a stable and long-lived acyl-enzyme intermediate.
Peptide−Sugar Ligation Catalyzed by Transpeptidase Sortase: A Facile Approach to Neoglycoconjugate Synthesis
摘要:
Glycoconjugate synthesis involving sugar and polypeptide remains a formidable challenge. Here we report a novel enzymatic method involving an unprecedented sortase-catalyzed transamidation reaction for site-specific engineering of sugars into native proteins. We show that sugars appended with a 6-aminohexose moiety can be efficiently ligated to peptides; and proteins encoded with a LPXTG sortase, recognition sequence. This robust reaction provides an elegant and simple approach for generating neoglycoproteins with an amide-linked sugar moiety at the carboxy terminus.
Peptide−Sugar Ligation Catalyzed by Transpeptidase Sortase: A Facile Approach to Neoglycoconjugate Synthesis
作者:Sharmishtha Samantaray、Uttara Marathe、Sayani Dasgupta、Vinay K. Nandicoori、Rajendra P. Roy
DOI:10.1021/ja077358g
日期:2008.2.1
Glycoconjugate synthesis involving sugar and polypeptide remains a formidable challenge. Here we report a novel enzymatic method involving an unprecedented sortase-catalyzed transamidation reaction for site-specific engineering of sugars into native proteins. We show that sugars appended with a 6-aminohexose moiety can be efficiently ligated to peptides; and proteins encoded with a LPXTG sortase, recognition sequence. This robust reaction provides an elegant and simple approach for generating neoglycoproteins with an amide-linked sugar moiety at the carboxy terminus.
Isopeptide Ligation Catalyzed by Quintessential Sortase A
作者:Sayani Dasgupta、Sharmishtha Samantaray、Dinkar Sahal、Rajendra P. Roy
DOI:10.1074/jbc.m111.247650
日期:2011.7
The housekeeping transpeptidase sortase A (SrtA) from Staphyloccocus aureus catalyzes the covalent anchoring of surface proteins to the cell wall by linking the threonyl carboxylate of the LPXTG recognition motif to the amino group of the pentaglycine cross-bridge of the peptidoglycan. SrtA-catalyzed ligation of an LPXTG containing polypeptide with an aminoglycine-terminated moiety occurs efficiently in vitro and has inspired the use of this enzyme as a synthetic tool in biological chemistry. Here we demonstrate the propensity of SrtA to catalyze "isopeptide" ligation. Using model peptide sequences, we show that SrtA can transfer LPXTG peptide substrates to the epsilon-amine of specific Lys residues and form cyclized and/or a gamut of branched oligomers. Our results provide insights about principles governing isopeptide ligation reactions catalyzed by SrtA and suggest that although cyclization is guided by distance relationship between Lys (epsilon-amine) and Thr (alpha-carboxyl) residues, facile branched oligomerization requires the presence of a stable and long-lived acyl-enzyme intermediate.