The study of multivalent carbohydrate-protein interactions by bio-layer interferometry

Org Biomol Chem. 2018 Nov 28;16(46):8899-8903. doi: 10.1039/c8ob01664j.

Abstract

The study of complex multivalent carbohydrate-protein interactions remains highly complicated and sometimes rendered impossible due to aggregation problems. In this study, we demonstrate that bio-layer interferometry is an excellent complementary method to standard techniques such as SPR and ITC. Using tetra- and hexadecavalent GalNAc glycoconjugates and Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) as a model lectin, we were able to measure reliable kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of multivalent interactions going from the micro to the nanomolar range.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylgalactosamine / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Glycoconjugates / metabolism*
  • Helix, Snails / metabolism*
  • Interferometry / methods*
  • Kinetics
  • Lectins / metabolism*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Glycoconjugates
  • Helix lectin
  • Lectins
  • Acetylgalactosamine