H. pylori α1-3/4-fucosyltransferase (Hp3/4FT)-catalyzed one-pot multienzyme (OPME) synthesis of Lewis antigens and human milk fucosides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Oct 5;53(80):11012-11015. doi: 10.1039/c7cc05403c.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori α1-3/4-fucosyltransferase (Hp3/4FT) was expressed in Escherichia coli at a level of 30 mg L-1 culture and used as a diverse catalyst in a one-pot multienzyme (OPME) system for high-yield production of l-fucose-containing carbohydrates including Lewis antigens such as Lewis a, b, and x, O-sulfated Lewis x, and sialyl Lewis x and human milk fucosides such as 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), lacto-N-fucopentaose (LNFP) III, and lacto-N-difuco-hexaose (LNDFH) II and III. Noticeably, while difucosylation of tetrasaccharides was readily achieved using an excess amount of donor, the synthesis of LNFP III was achieved by Hp3/4FT-catalyzed selective fucosylation of the N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) component in lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Fucose / biosynthesis*
  • Fucose / chemistry
  • Fucosyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Helicobacter pylori / enzymology*
  • Humans
  • Lewis Blood Group Antigens / biosynthesis*
  • Lewis Blood Group Antigens / chemistry
  • Milk, Human / chemistry
  • Milk, Human / metabolism*

Substances

  • Lewis Blood Group Antigens
  • Fucose
  • Fucosyltransferases
  • 3-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminide 4-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase