Chemoenzymatic synthesis of Gal(β1-3)Gal(β1-4)Xyl(β)-L-Ser and Gal(β1-3)Gal(β1-4)Xyl(β)-MU by the use of β-D-galactosidase

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(96)01462-1

The title trisaccharide-serine conjugate 1 constituting the linkage region between glycosaminoglycan and protein in proteoglycan, was synthesized via a trisaccharide p-nitrophenyl (PNP) glycoside prepared by stepwise enzymatic transglycosidation to Xyl-PNP with a β-D-galactosidase. In the second transglycosidation step, partial protection of the disaccharide intermediate, Gal-Xyl-PNP, furnished selective galactosylation at the 3'-position. Cleavage of the PNP group after peracetylation, chemical coupling with serine and final deprotection afforded 1. Fluorescence labeled trisaccharide, Gal(β1-3)Gal(β1-4)Xyl(β)-MU (MU: 4-methylumbelliferyl) (2) was also synthesized in a simalar way.