title: Enzymatic synthesis of the N-glycosidic bond by beta-aspartylation of glycosylamines.
abstract: Glycosylasparaginase (EC 3.5.1.26) is an amidase, which cleaves the N-glycosidic linkage during glycoprotein degradation leading to the liberation of L-aspartic acid from various glycoasparagines. In this work we demonstrate that glycosylasparaginase is also capable of catalyzing the synthesis of the N-glycosidic bond by N-beta-aspartylation of beta-glycosylamine using 1-amino-N-acetylglucosamine as the nucleophile and L-aspartic acid beta-methyl ester as the beta-aspartyl donor. Kinetic studies indicated that beta-glycosylamine has 1390-fold higher reactivity than water in the de-beta-aspartylation of the beta-aspartylenzyme, indicative of the presence of a beta-glycosylamine binding sub-site at the substrate binding site of glycosylasparaginase. The reaction can be applied to glycosylaparaginase-catalyzed biosynthesis of novel glycoasparagines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mononen
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Stoineva
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noronkoski
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Petkov
mesh_terms: D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D001227:Aspartylglucosylaminase / Q000737:chemistry*; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; D001227:Aspartylglucosylaminase; D005944:Glucosamine