Synthesis of neoproteoglycans using the transglycosylation reaction as a reverse reaction of endo-glycosidases

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  • ENDO Masahiko
    Department of Glycobiochemistry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
  • KAKIZAKI Ikuko
    Department of Glycotechnology, Center for Advanced Medical Research, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine

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Abstract

A method for the synthesis of carbohydrate chains (glycosaminoglycans) and their coupling to peptides was investigated using proteoglycans. Glycosidases generally catalyze a hydrolytic reaction, but can also mediate the reverse reaction, which in this case is a transglycosylation. In the transglycosylation reaction of bovine testicular hyaluronidase, which is an endoglycosidase, glycosaminoglycans (hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfates) release disaccharide (uronic acid-N-acetylhexosamine) moieties from non-reducing terminal sites, and then the liberated disaccharides are transferred immediately to the non-reducing termini of other glycosaminoglycan chains. Using such continuous reactions, it is possible to synthesize glycosaminoglycan chains according to a specific design. It then becomes possible to transfer glycosaminoglycan chains synthesized on a peptide to other peptides using the transglycosylation reaction of endo-β-xylosidase acting on the linkage region between a peptide and glycosaminoglycan chains of proteoglycans. We believe this approach will open a new field for the synthesis of homogeneous proteoglycans or their corresponding analogues.<BR><BR>(Communicated by Takao SEKIYA, M.J.A.)

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