Chemo‐Enzymatic Synthesis of Long‐Chain Oligosaccharides for Studying Xylan‐Modifying Enzymes

Abstract: Plant research is hampered in several aspects by a lack of pure oligosaccharide samples that closely represent structural features of cell wall glycans. An alternative to purely chemical synthesis to access these oligosaccharides is chemo‐enzymatic synthesis using glycosynthases. These enzymes enable the ligation of oligosaccharide donors, when activated for example as α‐glycosyl fluorides, with suitable acceptor oligosaccharides. Herein, the synthesis of xylan oligosaccharides up to dodecasaccharides is reported, with glycosynthase‐mediated coupling reactions as key steps. The xylo‐oligosaccharide donors were protected at the non‐reducing end with a 4‐O‐tetrahydropyranyl (THP) group to prevent polymerization. Installation of an unnatural 3‐O‐methylether substituent at the reducing end xylose of the oligosaccharides ensured good water solubility. Biochemical assays demonstrated enzymatic activity for the xylan acetyltransferase XOAT1 from Arabidopsis thaliana, xylan arabinofuranosyl‐transferase XAT3 enzymes from rice and switchgrass, and the xylan glucuronosyltransferase GUX3 from Arabidopsis thaliana. In case of the glucuronosyltransferase GUX3, MALDI‐MS/MS analysis of the reaction product suggested that a single glucuronosyl substituent was installed primarily at the central xylose residues of the dodecasaccharide acceptor, demonstrating the value of long‐chain acceptors for assaying biosynthetic glycosyltransferases.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

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Chemo‐Enzymatic Synthesis of Long‐Chain Oligosaccharides for Studying Xylan‐Modifying Enzymes ; day:27 ; month:03 ; year:2023 ; extent:9
Chemistry - a European journal ; (27.03.2023) (gesamt 9)

Urheber
Álvarez‐Martínez, Ignacio
Ruprecht, Colin
Senf, Deborah
Wang, Hsin‐tzu
Urbanowicz, Breeanna R.
Pfrengle, Fabian

DOI
10.1002/chem.202203941
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023032815153530873520
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  • Álvarez‐Martínez, Ignacio
  • Ruprecht, Colin
  • Senf, Deborah
  • Wang, Hsin‐tzu
  • Urbanowicz, Breeanna R.
  • Pfrengle, Fabian

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