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Title: Chapter Seven - High-throughput screening of glycosynthases using azido sugars for oligosaccharides synthesis
Glycosynthases are mutant glycosyl hydrolases that can synthesize glycosidic bonds between acceptor glycone/aglycone groups and activated donor sugars with suitable leaving groups (e.g., azido, fluoro). However, it has been challenging to rapidly detect glycosynthase reaction products involving azido sugars as donor sugars. This has limited our ability to apply rational engineering and directed evolution methods to rapidly screen for improved glycosynthases that are capable of synthesizing bespoke glycans. Here, we outline our recently developed screening methodologies for rapidly detecting glycosynthase activity using a model fucosynthase enzyme engineered to be active on fucosyl azide as donor sugar. We created a diverse library of fucosynthase mutants using semi-random and random error prone mutagenesis and then identified improved fucosynthase mutants with desired activity using two distinct screening methods developed by our group to detect glycosynthase activity (i.e., by detecting azide formed upon completion of fucosynthase reaction); (a) pCyn-GFP regulon method, and (b) Click chemistry method. Finally, we provide some proof-of-concept results illustrating the utility of both these screening methods to rapidly detect products of glycosynthase reactions involving azido sugars as donor groups.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1904890
PAR ID:
10558256
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Shukla, Arun K
Publisher / Repository:
Academic Press
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Methods in enzymology
Volume:
682
ISSN:
0076-6879
Page Range / eLocation ID:
211-245
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Carbohydrate-active enzymes Glycosyl hydrolase Glycosynthase Glycans Glycoconjugates Human Milk oligosaccharides Directed evolution Rational protein engineering High-throughput screening Enzymology Carbohydrates
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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