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potential coordination to Cu by hydroxy groups from fucose,
for the selective l-fucose cleavage activity of these artificial
fucosidases.
[15]
with binding reflecting the entropic loss of water molecules.
Nevertheless, titration of l-fucose into other peptides, either
in copper-bound form or copper-free form, resulted in
a negligible enthalpy response that precluded calorimetric
evaluation of binding affinity. Surface plasmon resonance was
also used to measure the fucose binding affinity of all of the
peptides (Table 1 and Figure S4 in the Supporting Informa-
tion). In fact, removal of the first four residues (YASP) from
full-length odorranalectin improves the fucose-binding affin-
Some protein-based fucosidases have been discovered to
induce cleavage of pNP-fucose, while lower enzyme activity
was observed with polysaccharides as a result of their
[
4,19]
substrate selectivity.
To confirm the fucose cleavage
reactivity of our artificial fucosidases towards polysaccha-
rides, a trisaccharide Fuca1-2Galb1-4GlcNAc (H-trisacchar-
ide, exact mass = 529.2) was used as a model to represent the
H2 antigens of human erythrocyte (Figure 1a). The cleavage
products were separated from the intact trisaccharide by
Table 1: Binding affinity of the metallopeptides with l-fucose.
using an amino (NH ) column and then analyzed by mass
2
spectrometry (MS). CuGGH-tOL-NH2 exhibits efficient
cleavage of fucose from H-trisaccharide in the presence of
ascorbate and peroxide, where the diminishing MS response
of H-trisaccharide indicates its disappearance (Figure 1b). In
contrast to protein-based fucosidases, our artificial fucosi-
dases can display cleavage reactivity towards a more diverse
group of fucose substrates by virtue of their smaller size and
distinct mode of action. Specifically, they can overcome the
incomplete-cleavage issue that is often encountered with
CuGGH-
tOL-NH2
CuGGH-
tOL-OH
CuGGH-
OL-NH2
CuGGH-
OL-OH
[
a]
KD [mm]
61.3Æ7.5
105Æ17
77.6Æ6.9
124Æ7
[
a] Dissociation constants were measured by surface plasmon reso-
nance.
ity of peptides by around 18–26%, while amidation of the
C terminus improves the binding affinity by around 60–71%.
Therefore, the fucose-binding affinity mainly arises from the
domain K5–T17 of odorranalectin, while the N-terminal
YASP residues and the C-terminal carboxylate contribute
little to carbohydrate binding affinity.
[
20]
protein-based fucosidases.
from H-trisaccharide,
Following removal of fucose
disaccharide product (Galb1-
a
4GlcNAc, exact mass = 383.1) was identified by MS that
corresponds to the saccharide antigen of the Bombay
The carbohydrate-cleavage reactivity of the metallopep-
tides was evaluated by using chromogenic substrates linked to
p-nitrophenolate (pNP). A physiologically relevant co-
reagent (ascorbate or hydrogen peroxide) is required to
stimulate the redox chemistry of the Cu-ATCUN motif and
phenotype (Figure 1c). A shorter retention time (ca.
14.5 min) confirms the existence of this disaccharide, since
the amino column exhibits weaker affinity for disaccharides
than trisaccharides. Consistent with the results of pNP-fucose
cleavage, both CuGGH-tOL-NH2 and CuGGH-tOL-OH,
each with a shorter distance between the fucose-binding
domain and copper center, exhibit more robust cleavage
reactivity towards H-trisaccharide relative to the longer
CuGGH-OL-NH2 and CuGGH-OL-OH analogues (Fig-
ure 1d). CuGGH also displays cleavage reactivity, likely as
a result of nonselective cleavage, but it is significantly less
reactive than the metallopeptides containing a fucose-binding
domain.
H2 antigen on the cell surface was quantitated by using
a FITC-labelled antibody (Figure 2a). In the presence of
ascorbate, each of the artificial fucosidases significantly
reduced the FITC intensity, thus indicating removal of H2
antigen from the erythrocytes. We propose that copper redox
chemistry mediated by the metallopeptides promotes selec-
tive fucose cleavage from the H2 antigens and induces
regression of the H2 antigen to the precursor saccharides
corresponding to the Bombay blood type. The H2 antigens
remain intact in the absence of
[16]
promote the formation of metal-bound oxygen species. The
latter abstract hydrogen from the carbohydrate ring, which
[
17]
eventually leads to glycosidic bond cleavage.
All of the
metallopeptides with a fucose-targeting domain exhibit
a strong preference for l-fucose cleavage over d-glucose
(
Table 2 and Figure S5), which is abundant in blood and is
[
18]
commonly used for blood preservation. The lower KM for
the fucose substrate relative to glucose demonstrates selec-
tivity arising from the fucose-binding domain. The larger kcat
for the metallopeptides with truncated odorranalectin
CuGGH-tOL-NH and CuGGH-tOL-OH can be ascribed
2
to the shorter distance between the copper center and the
fucose-binding site relative to the analogues CuGGH-OL-
NH and CuGGH-OL-OH.
2
CuGGH, which lacks the fucose-targeting domain, exhib-
its no discrimination between l-fucose and d-glucose. These
results demonstrate that the targeting domain is a prerequisite
Table 2: Michaelis–Menten parameters for carbohydrate cleavage.
either copper or ascorbate, thus
[
a]
[a]
confirming that copper redox
chemistry is the origin of antigen
removal (Figure 2b). All of the
artificial fucosidases with a requisite
targeting domain were observed to
effectively remove H2 antigen, with
EC50 values of approximately 8–
Peptide sequence
pNP-a-l-fucoside
pNP-b-d-glucoside
À1
KM [mm]
kcat [min
]
kcat/KM
[
KM [mm]
kcat
[min
kcat/KM
[m min
À1
À1
À1
À1
À1
m
min
]
]
]
CuGGH-tOL-NH2 0.36Æ0.08 1.20Æ0.17 3360Æ310
CuGGH-tOL-OH 0.51Æ0.07 0.84Æ0.03 1680Æ240
CuGGH-OL-NH2 0.35Æ0.02 0.56Æ0.08 1630Æ310
2.25Æ0.62 0.51Æ0.08 245Æ34
2.94Æ0.31 0.93Æ0.28 376Æ25
2.16Æ0.08 1.07Æ0.13 514Æ37
2.12Æ0.17 0.32Æ0.08 150Æ31
CuGGH-OL-OH
CuGGH
0.42Æ0.06 0.44Æ0.05 1380Æ300
1.17Æ0.13 1.49Æ0.12 1270Æ36
0.72Æ0.18 1.40Æ0.34 1930Æ120
1
1 mm (Figure 2c,d and Figure S6).
The metallopeptides with an ami-
dated C terminus display improved
[
a] Reactions were performed with 5 mm metallopeptides, 1 mm ascorbate, and 1 mm H O in 50 mm
2 2
sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) at 378C.
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