The Engineered Hexosaminidase Tt OGA-D120N Is an Efficient O-/ N-/ S-Glycoligase That Also Catalyzes Formation and Release of Oxazoline Donors for Cascade Syntheses with Glycosynthases or Transglycosylases

Biochemistry. 2023 Aug 15;62(16):2358-2362. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00236. Epub 2023 Jul 27.

Abstract

Engineering glycoside hydrolases is a major route to obtaining catalysts forming glycosidic bonds. Glycosynthases, thioglycoligases, and transglycosylases represent the main strategies, each having advantages and drawbacks. Here, we show that an engineered enzyme from the GH84 family, the acid-base mutant TtOGA-D120N, is an efficient O-, N-, and S-glycoligase, able to use Ssp3, Osp3, Nsp2, and Nsp nucleophiles. Moreover, TtOGA-D120N catalyzes the formation and release of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine 1,2-oxazoline, the intermediate of hexosaminidases displaying substrate-assisted catalysis. This release of an activated intermediate allows cascade synthesis by combination with transglycosylases or glycosynthases, here exemplified by synthesis of the human milk oligosaccharide lacto-N-triose II.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Hexosaminidases*
  • Humans
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases* / chemistry
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases* / metabolism

Substances

  • Hexosaminidases
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Glycoside Hydrolases