β-Primeverosidase (PD) is a family 1 glycosidase catalyzing the hydrolysis of β-primeverosides (6-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-β-d-glucopyranosides) to release a disaccharide primeverose. To investigate how PD recognizes the disaccharide moiety of β-primeverosides, the recombinant PD was expressed by a baculovirus-insect cell system. The recombinant PD was secreted from High Five cells and was properly modified with N-glycosylation and correct cleavage at the N-terminal signal peptide. The recombinant PD exhibited high substrate specificity to β-primeverosides in terms of the glycone moiety, consistently with the substrate specificity of native PD from Camellia sinensis. Next, β-glycosylamidines were synthesized as substrate analog inhibitors. β-Primeverosylamidine strongly inhibited PD activity, but β-glucosylamidine did not. Hence β-primeverosylamidine is an ideal chemical tool for probing disaccharide recognition in the active site of PD. An affinity adsorbent for PD was prepared using β-primeverosylamidine as a ligand. Affinity chromatography gave large amounts of PD with high purity, permitting crystallographic study.
β-Primeverosidase(PD)是一种家族1糖苷酶,催化β-早春花苷(6-O-β-d-
木糖吡喃糖基-β-d-葡萄
吡喃糖苷)
水解,释放出早春花二糖。为了研究PD如何识别β-早春花苷的二糖部分,我们通过杆状病毒-昆虫
细胞系统表达了
重组PD。
重组PD从High Five细胞中分泌出来,并进行了N-糖基化修饰和N端信号肽的正确切割。
重组PD对β-早春花苷的糖苷部分表现出高度的底物特异性,与茶树中
天然PD的底物特异性一致。接下来,合成了β-糖苷
酰胺作为底物类似物
抑制剂。β-早春花苷
酰胺强烈抑制PD活性,而β-
葡萄糖苷
酰胺没有抑制作用。因此,β-早春花苷
酰胺是一个理想的
化学工具,用于探测PD活性位点中二糖的识别。使用β-早春花苷
酰胺作为
配体制备了PD的亲和吸附剂。亲和层析获得了高纯度的大量PD,允许进行晶体学研究。