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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

The α-Thioglycoligase Derived from a GH89 α-N-Acetylglucosaminidase Synthesises α-N-Acetylglucosamine-Based Glycosides of Biomedical Interest

We report here on the preparation of a novel α-thioglycoligase that can be used for the fast and efficient synthesis of α-N-acetylglucosamine-based glycosides. Using the α-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase from Clostridium perfringens of family GH89 (according to the Carbohydrate Active Enzymes classification) as starting point, we prepared mutants in the acid/base residue glutamic acid 483 that were found to have different synthetic efficiencies (maximal yields >80% after 24 h) in the presence of an activated donor and suitable acceptors. The synthetic potential of the Glu483 alanine mutant as an α-thioglycoligase – only the third biocatalyst with this stereospecificity reported to date, and the first selective for the N-acetylglucosamine moiety – was demonstrated by producing for the first time N-acetyl-α-d-glucosaminyl azide and N-acetylglucosamine α-thioglycosides in high yields. To showcase the application of such compounds, we show that they offer the wild-type CpGH89 protection from thermal unfolding, demonstrating their potential as pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome). (Figure presented.).

Conjugates of plumbagin and phenyl-2-amino-1-thioglucoside inhibit MshB, a deacetylase involved in the biosynthesis of mycothiol

N-Acetylglucosaminylinositol (GlcNAc-Ins)-deacetylase (MshB) and mycothiol-S-conjugate amidase (Mca), structurally related amidases present in mycobacteria and other Actinomycetes, are involved in the biosynthesis of mycothiol and in the detoxification of