Effective one-pot multienzyme (OPME) synthesis of monotreme milk oligosaccharides and other sialosides containing 4-O-acetyl sialic acid

Org Biomol Chem. 2016 Sep 28;14(36):8586-97. doi: 10.1039/c6ob01706a. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

Abstract

A facile one-pot two-enzyme chemoenzymatic approach has been established for the gram (Neu4,5Ac2α3Lac, 1.33 g) and preparative scale (Neu4,5Ac2α3LNnT) synthesis of monotreme milk oligosaccharides. Other O-acetyl-5-N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu4,5Ac2)- or 4-O-acetyl-5-N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu4Ac5Gc) -containing α2-3-sialosides have also been synthesized in the preparative scale. Used as an effective probe, Neu4,5Ac2α3GalβpNP was found to be a suitable substrate by human influenza A viruses but not bacterial sialidases.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Milk / chemistry*
  • Milk / metabolism
  • Molecular Conformation
  • N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase / metabolism*
  • Oligosaccharides / biosynthesis*
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Sialic Acids / biosynthesis*
  • Sialic Acids / chemistry
  • Sialyltransferases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Oligosaccharides
  • Sialic Acids
  • Sialyltransferases
  • N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase