A UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (SpGalU) and a galactokinase (SpGalK) were cloned from Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 and were successfully used to synthesize UDP-galactose (UDP-Gal), UDPglucose (UDP-Glc), and their derivatives in an efficient one-pot reaction system. The reaction conditions for the one-pot multi-enzyme synthesis were optimized and nine UDP-Glc/Gal derivatives were synthesized. Using this system, six unnatural UDP-Gal derivatives, including UDP-2-deoxy-Galactose and UDP-GalN(3) which were not accepted by other approach, can be synthesized efficiently in a one pot fashion. More interestingly, this is the first time it has been reported that UDP-Glc can be synthesized in a simpler one-pot three-enzyme synthesis reaction system. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Rapid Conversion of Unprotected Galactose Analogs to their Udp-Derivatives For Use in the Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Unnatural Oligosaccharides
作者:Taketo Uchiyama、Ole Hindsgaul
DOI:10.1080/07328309808001892
日期:1998.11
The rapid conversion of D-galactose, its 2-deoxy, 3-deoxy, 4-deoxy and 6-deoxy derivatives and L-arabinose to their UDP-derivatives (2-7) is described. The procedure involves the in situ preparation of the per-O-trimethylsilylated glycopyranosyl iodides and their direct reaction with UDP. All six sugar nucleotides were active as substrates for beta(1-->4)-galactosyltransferase and were used to enzymatically prepare N-acetyllactosamine (8) and five of its analogs (9-13).
Biosynthesis of nucleotide sugars by a promiscuous UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtUSP)
Nucleotide sugars are activated forms of monosaccharides and key intermediates of carbohydrate metabolism in all organisms. The availability of structurally diverse nucleotide sugars is particularly important for the characterization of glycosyltransferases. Given that limited methods are available for preparation of nucleotide sugars, especially their useful non-natural derivatives, we introduced herein an efficient one-step three-enzyme catalytic system for the synthesis of nucleotide sugars from monosaccharides. In this study, a promiscuous UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase (USP) from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtUSP) was used with a galactokinase from Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 (SpGalK) and an inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) to effectively synthesize four UDP-sugars. AtUSP has better tolerance for C4-derivatives of Gal-1-P compared to UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from S. pneumoniae TIGR4 (SpGalU). Besides, the nucleotide substrate specificity and kinetic parameters of AtUSP were systematically studied. AtUSP exhibited considerable activity toward UTP, dUTP and dTTP, the yield of which was 87%, 85% and 84%, respectively. These results provide abundant information for better understanding of the relationship between substrate specificity and structural features of AtUSP. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.