Semi-rational approach for converting a GH36 α-glycosidase into an α-transglycosidase
作者:David Teze、Franck Daligault、Vincent Ferrières、Yves-Henri Sanejouand、Charles Tellier
DOI:10.1093/glycob/cwu124
日期:2015.4
A large number of retaining glycosidases catalyze both hydrolysis and transglycosylation reactions. In order to use them as catalysts for oligosaccharide synthesis, the balance between these two competing reactions has to be shifted toward transglycosylation. We previously designed a semi-rational approach to convert the Thermus thermophilus β-glycosidases into transglycosidases by mutating highly conserved residues located around the −1 subsite. In an attempt to verify that this strategy could be a generic approach to turn glycosidases into transglycosidases, Geobacillus stearothermophilus α-galactosidase (AgaB) was selected in order to obtain α-transgalactosidases. This is of particular interest as, to date, there are no efficient α-galactosynthases, despite the considerable importance of α-galactooligosaccharides. Thus, by site-directed mutagenesis on 14 AgaB residues, 26 single mutants and 22 double mutants were created and screened, of which 11 single mutants and 6 double mutants exhibited improved synthetic activity, producing 4-nitrophenyl α-d-galactopyranosyl-(1,6)-α-d-galactopyranoside in 26–57% yields against only 22% when native AgaB was used. It is interesting to note that the best variant was obtained by mutating a second-shell residue, with no direct interaction with the substrate or a catalytic amino acid. As this approach has proved to be efficient with both α- and β-glycosidases, it is a promising route to convert retaining glycosidases into transglycosidases.
许多保留糖苷酶既能催化水解反应,也能催化转糖基化反应。为了将它们用作寡糖合成的催化剂,必须将这两种竞争反应之间的平衡转向转糖基化反应。此前,我们设计了一种半合理的方法,通过突变位于-1位点周围的高度保守残基,将嗜热菌β-糖苷酶转化为转糖苷酶。为了验证这种策略是否可以作为将糖苷酶转化为转糖苷酶的通用方法,我们选择了嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌 α-半乳糖苷酶(AgaB),以获得 α-转半乳糖苷酶。这一点特别令人感兴趣,因为尽管α-半乳寡糖相当重要,但迄今为止还没有高效的α-半乳合成酶。因此,通过对 14 个 AgaB 残基进行定点突变,产生并筛选出了 26 个单突变体和 22 个双突变体,其中 11 个单突变体和 6 个双突变体的合成活性有所提高,产生 4-硝基苯基 α-d-吡喃半乳糖苷-(1,6)-α-d-吡喃半乳糖苷的产量为 26-57%,而使用原生 AgaB 时仅为 22%。值得注意的是,最佳变体是通过突变一个与底物或催化氨基酸没有直接相互作用的第二壳残基获得的。事实证明,这种方法对α-和β-糖苷酶都很有效,因此是将保留糖苷酶转化为转糖苷酶的一条很有前景的途径。