title: Enzymic synthesis of 3'-O- and 6'-O-N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetyllactosaminide glycosides catalyzed by beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase from Nocardia orientalis.
abstract: beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase from Nocardia orientalis catalyzed the synthesis of beta-D-GlcNAc-(1 --> 3)-beta-D-Gal-(1 --> 4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-OC6H4NO2-p (1) and beta-D-GlcNAc-(1 --> 6)-beta-D-Gal-(1 --> 4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-OC6H4NO2-p (2) with its isomer beta-D-Gal-(1 --> 4)-[beta-D-GlcNAc-(1 --> 6)]-beta-D-GlcNAc-OC6H4NO2-p (3) through N-acetylglucosaminyl transfer from N-,N'-diacetylchitobiose to p-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyllactosaminide. The enzyme formed a mixture of trisaccharides 1, 2, and 3 in a ratio of 11:33:56. In the case, when an inclusion complex of p-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyllactosaminide with alpha-CD was used, compounds 1, 2, and 3 were formed in a molar ratio of 24:63:13. The regioselectivity of glycosidase-catalyzed formation of the trisaccharide glycosides was substantially changed. It resulted not only in a significant increase of the proportion of the desired compounds 1 and 2 but also in the substantial increase of the overall yield of transfer products.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Shizuoka University, Ohya, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Murata
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authors.lastname: Tashiro
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authors.lastname: Itoh
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authors.lastname: Usui
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D006027:Glycosides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006031:Glycosylation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009615:Nocardia / Q000201:enzymology*; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D006027:Glycosides; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases