Characterizing non-hydrolyzing Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) 2-epimerase using UDP-N-acetylmannosamine (UDP-ManNAc) and derivatives
摘要:
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A non-hydrolyzing uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) 2-epimerase (NmSacA) catalyzes the interconversion between UDP-GlcNAc and uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylmannosamine (UDP-ManNAc). It is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the capsular polysaccharide [-6ManNAc alpha 1-phosphate-](n) of N. meningitidis serogroup A, one of the six serogroups (A, B, C, W-135, X, and Y) that account for most cases of N. meningitidis-caused bacterial septicemia and meningitis. N. meningitidis serogroup A is responsible for large epidemics in the developing world, especially in Africa. Here we report that UDP-ManNAc could be used as a substrate for C-terminal His(6)-tagged recombinant NmSacA (NmSacA-His(6)) in the absence of UDP-GlcNAc. NmSacA-His(6) was activated by UDP-GlcNAc and inhibited by 2-acetamidoglucal and UDP. Substrate specificity study showed that NmSacA-His(6) could tolerate several chemoenzymatically synthesized UDP-ManNAc derivatives as substrates although its activity was much lower than non-modified UDP-ManNAc. Homology modeling and molecular docking revealed likely structural determinants of NmSacA substrate specificity. This is the first detailed study of N. meningitidis serogroup A UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Donor substrate promiscuity of bacterial β1–3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases and acceptor substrate flexibility of β1–4-galactosyltransferases
作者:Yanhong Li、Mengyang Xue、Xue Sheng、Hai Yu、Jie Zeng、Vireak Thon、Yi Chen、Musleh M. Muthana、Peng G. Wang、Xi Chen
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2016.02.043
日期:2016.4
beta4GalTs, donor substrate specificity studies of two bacterial beta3GlcNAcTs from Helicobacter pylori (Hpbeta3GlcNAcT) and Neisseria meningitidis (NmLgtA), respectively, using a library of 39 sugar nucleotides were carried out. The two beta3GlcNAcTs have complementary donor substrate promiscuity and 13 different trisaccharides were produced. They were used to investigate the acceptor substrate specificities
CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF HEPARIN AND HEPARAN SULFATE ANALOGS
申请人:THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
公开号:US20140235575A1
公开(公告)日:2014-08-21
The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials.