Recognition of β-d-Gal p-(1 → 3)-β-d-Glc pNAc-OR acceptor analogues by the Lewis α-(1 → 34)-fucosyltransferase from human milk
作者:Minghui Du、Ole Hindsgaul
DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(96)00047-x
日期:1996.6
The Lewis alpha-(1 --> 3/4)-frucosyltransferase (E.C. 2.4.1.65) transfers L-fucose from GDP-fucose to OH-4 of the Glc pNAc residue in the disaccharide beta-D-Gal p-(1 --> 3)-beta-D-Glc pNAc-OR [R = (CH2)(8)COOMe] (1) to give the Lewis-A blood group determinant beta-D-Gal p-(1 --> 3)-[alpha-L-Fuc p-(1 --> 4)]-beta-D-Glc pNAc-OR. Five deoxy analogues of 1, as well as its N-propionyl derivative, were chemically synthesized and kinetically evaluated as both substrates and inhibitors for the enzyme from human milk. The unmodified acceptor 1 had K-m = 640 mu M with V-max set arbitrarily to 100. The 6-deoxy (K-m = 400 mu M, V-max = 90) and N-propionyl compounds (K-m = 330 mu M, V-max = 170) remained excellent substrates while the 4-deoxy compound was a very weak competitive inhibitor with K-i = 9 mM. Deoxygenation of OH-2' and OH-4' (of the Gal residue) in 1 had little effect on the activity. The OH-6 group of the Gal residue proved to be critical for recognition by the enzyme since substitution of this group with hydrogen led to an inactive compound. (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.