Download MendeleyGH18 endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases use distinct mechanisms to process hybrid-type N-linked glycans.
Trastoy, B., Du, J.J., Li, C., Garcia-Alija, M., Klontz, E.H., Roberts, B.R., Donahue, T.C., Wang, L.X., Sundberg, E.J., Guerin, M.E.(2021) J Biol Chem 297: 101011-101011
- PubMed: 34324829
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101011
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7NWF - PubMed Abstract:
N-glycosylation is one of the most abundant posttranslational modifications of proteins, essential for many physiological processes, including protein folding, protein stability, oligomerization and aggregation, and molecular recognition events. Defects in the N-glycosylation pathway cause diseases that are classified as congenital disorders of glycosylation. The ability to manipulate protein N-glycosylation is critical not only to our fundamental understanding of biology but also for the development of new drugs for a wide range of human diseases. Chemoenzymatic synthesis using engineered endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) has been used extensively to modulate the chemistry of N-glycosylated proteins. However, defining the molecular mechanisms by which ENGases specifically recognize and process N-glycans remains a major challenge. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure of the ENGase EndoBT-3987 from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in complex with a hybrid-type glycan product. In combination with alanine scanning mutagenesis, molecular docking calculations and enzymatic activity measurements conducted on a chemically engineered monoclonal antibody substrate unveil two mechanisms for hybrid-type recognition and processing by paradigmatic ENGases. Altogether, the experimental data provide pivotal insight into the molecular mechanism of substrate recognition and specificity for GH18 ENGases and further advance our understanding of chemoenzymatic synthesis and remodeling of homogeneous N-glycan glycoproteins.
Organizational Affiliation:
Structural Glycobiology Lab, Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Derio, Spain; Structural Glycobiology Lab, IIS-Biocruces Bizkaia, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain. Electronic address: beatriz.trastoy@gmail.com.
