Hevein, a protein found in Hevea brasiliensis, has a CRD domain, which is known to bind chitin and GlcNAc-containing oligosaccharides. By using NMR and molecular modeling as major tools we have demonstrated that trisaccharides containing GalNAc and ManNAc residues are also recognized by hevein domains. Thus far unknown trisaccharides GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc (1) and GalNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc (2) were synthesized with the use of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase from Aspergillus oryzae. This method is based on the rather unique phenomenon that some fungal β-N-acetylhexosaminidases cannot hydrolyze disaccharide GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc (5) contrary to chitobiose GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc (4) that is cleaved and, therefore, cannot be used as an acceptor for further transglycosylation. Both trisaccharides 1 and 2 were prepared by transglycosylation from disaccharidic acceptor 5 in good yields ranging from 35% to 40%. Our observations strongly indicate that the present nature of the modifications of chitotriose (GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc, 3) at either the non-reducing end (GalNAc instead of GlcNAc) or at the reducing end (ManNAc instead of GlcNAc) do not modify the mode of binding of the trisaccharide to hevein. The association constant values indicate that chitotriose (3) binding is better than that of 1 and 2, and that the binding of 1
 				(with ManNAc at the reducing end) is favored with respect to that of 2
 				(with ManNAc at the reducing end with a non-reducing GalNAc moiety).
                                    Hevein是一种发现于巴西橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)中的蛋白质,具有CRD结构域,该结构域已知可以结合
壳聚糖和含有GlcNAc的
寡糖。通过利用NMR和分子建模作为主要工具,我们证明了含有GalNAc和ManNAc残基的三糖也被hevein结构域识别。目前已合成尚不为人知的三糖GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc(1)和GalNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc(2),使用了来自
枯草芽孢杆菌(Aspergillus oryzae)的β-N-乙酰
氨基己糖苷酶。该方法基于一种相对独特的现象,即某些真菌β-N-乙酰
氨基己糖苷酶无法
水解二糖GlcNAcβ(1→4)ManNAc(5),而与其相反的
壳二糖GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc(4)则会被切割,因此无法用作进一步转糖苷化的受体。两种三糖1和2均通过从二糖受体5进行转糖苷化而获得,产率较好,范围在35%至40%之间。我们的观察强烈表明,
壳三糖(GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc,3)在非还原末端(用GalNAc替代GlcNAc)或还原末端(用ManNAc替代GlcNAc)的修饰,均不改变三糖与hevein的结合方式。结合常数值表明,
壳三糖(3)的结合优于1和2,而1(在还原末端为ManNAc)相较于2(在还原末端为ManNAc且非还原末端有GalNAc部分)的结合更具优势。