TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of fluorescent glycosphingolipids and neoglycoconjugates which contain 6-gala oligosaccharides using the transglycosylation reaction of a novel endoglycoceramidase (EGALC)
AU - Ishibashi, Yohei
AU - Kiyohara, Masashi
AU - Okino, Nozomu
AU - Ito, Makoto
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr K. Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Japan, for donating GSLs (CDS, CTS and CTeS). We also appreciate the help of Dr H. Wariishi and Dr M. Shimizu, Kyushu University, Japan, for MALDI-TOF MS analyses. This work was supported in part by Grants-in-aid for NEDO and Basic Research B 19380061 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Endoglycoceramidase is a glycohydrolase capable of hydrolysing the O-glycosidic linkage between oligosaccharides and ceramides of various glycosphingolipids. However, no endoglycoceramidase reported so far can hydrolyse 6-gala series glycosphingolipids which possess the common structure R-Galß1-6Galß1-1'Cer. Recently, we found a novel endoglycoceramidase (endogalactosylceramidase, EGALC) which specifically hydrolyses 6-gala series glycosphingolipids. Here, we report that EGALC catalyses the hydrolysis as well as transglycosylation. An intact sugar chain of neogalatriaosylceramide (Galß1-6Galß1-6Galß1-1'Cer) was found to be transferred by EGALC to a primary hydroxyl group of various alkanols and non-ionic detergents such as Triton X-100 generating corresponding alkyl- and Triton- trigalactooligosaccharides. Furthermore, fluorescent 6-gala series glycosphingolipids were synthesized by transglycosylation in a reaction with EGALC using fluorescent ceramides as acceptors. Because of high efficiency and broad acceptor specificity, EGALC would facilitate the synthesis of fluorescent glycosphingolipids and neoglycoconjugates which contain 6-gala oligosaccharides.
AB - Endoglycoceramidase is a glycohydrolase capable of hydrolysing the O-glycosidic linkage between oligosaccharides and ceramides of various glycosphingolipids. However, no endoglycoceramidase reported so far can hydrolyse 6-gala series glycosphingolipids which possess the common structure R-Galß1-6Galß1-1'Cer. Recently, we found a novel endoglycoceramidase (endogalactosylceramidase, EGALC) which specifically hydrolyses 6-gala series glycosphingolipids. Here, we report that EGALC catalyses the hydrolysis as well as transglycosylation. An intact sugar chain of neogalatriaosylceramide (Galß1-6Galß1-6Galß1-1'Cer) was found to be transferred by EGALC to a primary hydroxyl group of various alkanols and non-ionic detergents such as Triton X-100 generating corresponding alkyl- and Triton- trigalactooligosaccharides. Furthermore, fluorescent 6-gala series glycosphingolipids were synthesized by transglycosylation in a reaction with EGALC using fluorescent ceramides as acceptors. Because of high efficiency and broad acceptor specificity, EGALC would facilitate the synthesis of fluorescent glycosphingolipids and neoglycoconjugates which contain 6-gala oligosaccharides.
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U2 - 10.1093/jb/mvm125
DO - 10.1093/jb/mvm125
M3 - Article
C2 - 17567653
AN - SCOPUS:35748941291
VL - 142
SP - 239
EP - 246
JO - Journal of Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Biochemistry
SN - 0021-924X
IS - 2
ER -