"Two Birds One Stone" Strategy for the Site-Specific Analysis of Core Fucosylation and O-GlcNAcylation

J Am Chem Soc. 2023 Jul 26;145(29):15879-15887. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c02976. Epub 2023 Jun 21.

Abstract

Core fucosylation and O-GlcNAcylation are the two most famous protein glycosylation modifications that regulate diverse physiological and pathological processes in living organisms. Here, a "two birds one stone" strategy has been described for the site-specific analysis of core fucosylation and O-GlcNAcylation. Taking advantage of two mutant endoglycosidases (EndoF3-D165A and EndoCC-N180H), which efficiently and specifically recognize core fucose and O-GlcNAc, glycopeptides can be labeled using a biantennary N-glycan probe bearing azido and oxazoline groups. Then, a temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) polymer functionalized with dibenzocyclooctyne was introduced to facilitate the enrichment of the labeled glycopeptides from the complex mixture. The captured glycopeptides can be further released enzymatically by wild-type endoglycosidases (EndoF3 and EndoCC) in a traceless manner for mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. The described strategy allows simultaneous profiling of core-fucosylated glycoproteome and O-GlcNAcylated glycoproteome from one complex sample by MS technology and searching the database using different variable modifications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glycopeptides* / chemistry
  • Glycoside Hydrolases* / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods

Substances

  • Glycopeptides
  • Glycoside Hydrolases