- Enzymatic Synthesis of 2-(β-Galactosyl)-ethyl Methacrylate by β-Galactosidase from Pyrococcus woesei and Application for Glycopolymer Synthesis and Lectin Studies
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Glycosidases have long been used for the synthesis of glycosides by transglycosylation reactions. Especially glycosidases from hyperthermophilic bacteria are useful for reactions under extreme reaction conditions, e.g., in the presence of organic solvents. We herein report the facile enzymatic synthesis and purification of 2-(β-galactosyl)-ethyl methacrylate (Gal-EMA) with the recombinant hyperthermostable glycosidase from Pyrococcus woesei in high yields. Optimized reaction conditions resulted in gram-scale synthesis of the galactosylated monomer with 88% transglycosylation yield. The product Gal-EMA was characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and infrared (IR) spectroscopy. Gal-EMA was utilized to synthesize sugar-functionalized acrylate polymers with defined amounts of incorporated galactose (0-100%). Analysis of the binding affinity of the lectin RCA120 from Ricinus communis to the glycopolymers using an enzyme-linked lectin assay (ELLA) revealed KD values between 0.24 and 6.2 nM, depending on the amount of incorporated Gal-EMA. The potential of Gal-EMA for the synthesis of acrylate-functionalized glycan oligomers was demonstrated by sequential elongation of the terminal galactose by two glycosyltransferases, resulting in the terminal glycan N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) epitope. In conclusion, the enzymatic synthesis of Gal-EMA opens new routes to a series of novel monomeric building blocks for the synthesis of glycan-functionalized polyacrylates.
- Hoffmann, Marius,Gau, Elisabeth,Braun, Susanne,Pich, Andrij,Elling, Lothar
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- Chemo-enzymatic synthesis route to poly(glucosyl-acrylates) using glucosidase from almonds
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Novel types of glucosyl-acrylate monomers are obtained by β-glucosidase from almond catalyzed glycosidation reaction. The saccharide-acrylate monomers were synthesized by reaction of d-glucose with hydroxyl functional acrylates: 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (2
- Kloosterman, Wouter M. J.,Roest, Steven,Priatna, Siti R.,Stavila, Erythrina,Loos, Katja
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p. 1837 - 1846
(2014/04/17)
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- Glycosylation using unprotected alkynyl donors
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(Chemical Equation Presented) Gold(III) activation of unprotected propargyl glycosyl donors has been shown to be effective for the synthesis of saccharides. Terminal propargyl glycosides of glucose, galactose, and mannose required heating at reflux in ace
- Mamidyala, Sreeman K.,Finn
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p. 8417 - 8420
(2010/01/16)
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- Influence of preparation procedure on polymer composition: Synthesis and characterisation of polymethacrylates bearing β-D-glucopyranoside and β-D-galactopyranoside residues
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Methacrylate derivatives bearing β-D-glucopyranoside and β-D-galactopyranoside residues are synthesised by glycosylation of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl bromide and 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl bromide, respectively. β-Selectivity in the glycosylation reactions is ensured by neighbouring-group participation of acetyl groups at O-2 in the glycosyl donors. 2-(2′,3′,4′,6′-tetraO-acetyl-β-D-glucosyloxy)ethyt methacrylate (AcGlcEMA, 1 a) was obtained as a crystalline solid and its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Deprotected polymers are synthesised in two parallel ways; either polymerisation of the protected monomers and subsequent deacetylation of the resulting polymers, or polymerisation of the previously deprotected monomers. The number- and weight-average relative molecular masses of both the protected and deprotected polymers are determined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC). Absolute molecular masses are obtained using the previously estimated refractive-index increments, dn/dc. It is found that polymerisation of deprotected monomers leads to polymers of well-defined composition, in contrast to the deacetylation of protected polymers.
- Ambrosi, Moira,Batsanov, Andrei S.,Cameron, Neil R.,Davis, Benjamin G.,Howard, Judith A.K.,Hunter, Rob
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