Syntheses of mucin-type O-glycopeptides and oligosaccharides using transglycosylation and reverse-hydrolysis activities of Bifidobacterium endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase

Glycoconj J. 2010 Jan;27(1):125-32. doi: 10.1007/s10719-009-9247-8. Epub 2009 Jun 27.

Abstract

Endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase catalyzes the release of Galbeta1-3GalNAc from the core 1-type O-glycan (Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr) of mucin glycoproteins and synthetic p-nitrophenyl (pNP) alpha-linked substrates. Here, we report the enzymatic syntheses of core 1 disaccharide-containing glycopeptides using the transglycosylation activity of endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (EngBF) from Bifidobacterium longum. The enzyme directly transferred Galbeta1-3GalNAc to serine or threonine residues of bioactive peptides such as PAMP-12, bradykinin, peptide-T and MUC1a when Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-pNP was used as a donor substrate. The enzyme was also found to catalyze the reverse-hydrolysis reaction. EngBF synthesized the core 1 disaccharide-containing oligosaccharides when the enzyme was incubated with either glucose or lactose and Galbeta1-3GalNAc prepared from porcine gastric mucin using bifidobacterial cells expressing endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase. Synthesized oligosaccharides are promising prebiotics for bifidobacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bifidobacterium / cytology
  • Bifidobacterium / enzymology*
  • Galactosamine / metabolism
  • Gastric Mucins / biosynthesis*
  • Glycopeptides / biosynthesis*
  • Glycopeptides / chemistry
  • Glycosylation
  • Hydrolysis
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / biosynthesis*
  • Serine / metabolism
  • Sus scrofa
  • Threonine / metabolism
  • alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase / metabolism*

Substances

  • Gastric Mucins
  • Glycopeptides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Threonine
  • Serine
  • Galactosamine
  • alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase