title: Solid-supported enzymatic synthesis of pectic oligogalacturonides and their analysis by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
abstract: Solid-phase biosynthetic reactions, followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis (MALDI-TOF), was used to gain insight into the biosynthesis of pectin oligomers. Sepharose supports bearing long pectic oligogalacturonides (OGAs) anchored through a disulfide-containing cleavable linker, were prepared. The OGAs (degrees of polymerization of 13 and 14) were efficiently immobilized through the reducing end via formation of an oxime linkage. These OGA-derivatized matrices were subsequently employed in novel solid-phase enzymatic reactions, with the pectin biosynthetic enzyme, alpha-1,4-galacturonosyltransferase, GalAT (solubilized from Arabidopsis thaliana) and the glycosyl donor, uridine diphosphate-galacturonic acid (UDP-GalA). Solid-supported biosynthesis was followed by cleavage of the immobilized OGAs and direct analysis of the products released into the liquid phases by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. In time course studies conducted with an immobilized (alpha-D-GalA)14 and limiting amounts of the glycosyl donor, the predominant product was an OGA extended by one GalA residue at the non-reducing end (i.e., (GalA)15). When UDP-GalA was added in approximately excess compared to immobilized (GalA)13, OGAs up to the 16-mer were synthesized, confirming the non-processivity of the GalAT in vitro.
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism*; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010368:Pectins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012685:Sepharose; D012995:Solubility; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D010940:Plant Proteins; D010368:Pectins; D012685:Sepharose; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; C438373:alpha-1,4-galacturonosyltransferase