Enzymatic synthesis of nucleobase-modified UDP-sugars:Scope and limitations

Wagstaff, Ben A., Rejzek, Martin, Pesnot, Thomas, Tedaldi, Lauren M., Caputi, Lorenzo, O'Neill, Ellis C., Benini, Stefano, Wagner, Gerd K. and Field, Robert A. (2015) Enzymatic synthesis of nucleobase-modified UDP-sugars:Scope and limitations. Carbohydrate Research, 404. pp. 17-25. ISSN 0008-6215

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Abstract

Glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase in conjunction with UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase was found to catalyse the conversion of a range of 5-substituted UTP derivatives into the corresponding UDP-galactose derivatives in poor yield. Notably the 5-iodo derivative was not converted to UDP-sugar. In contrast, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in conjunction with inorganic pyrophosphatase was particularly effective at converting 5-substituted UTP derivatives, including the iodo compound, into a range of gluco-configured 5-substituted UDP-sugar derivatives in good yields. Attempts to effect 4″-epimerization of these 5-substituted UDP-glucose with UDP-glucose 4″-epimerase from yeast were unsuccessful, while use of the corresponding enzyme from Erwinia amylovora resulted in efficient epimerization of only 5-iodo-UDP-Glc, but not the corresponding 5-aryl derivatives, to give 5-iodo-UDP-Gal. Given the established potential for Pd-mediated cross-coupling of 5-iodo-UDP-sugars, this provides convenient access to the galacto-configured 5-substituted-UDP-sugars from gluco-configured substrates and 5-iodo-UTP.

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Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported by the UK BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme Grant on Understanding and Exploiting Metabolism (MET) [ BB/J004561/1 ] and the John Innes Foundation, with additional support by the EPSRC (First Grant EP/D059186/1 , to G.K.W.) and the MRC (Grant No. 0901746 , to G.K.W.). We thank Dr. M. Malnoy for providing E. amylovora genomic DNA. Plasmid pETM-30 was obtained from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory under a signed Material Transfer Agreement. Part of this work (cloning, overexpression and purification of Ea GalE) was supported by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano grant: ‘A structural genomics approach for the study of the virulence and pathogenesis of Erwinia amylovora ’ and the Free University of Bolzano grant: Galactose and glucuronic acid metabolism in Erwinia spp. (GAMEs). Publisher Copyright: © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Uncontrolled Keywords: enzymatic synthesis,epimerase,modified nucleobase,pyrophosphatase,sugar nucleotide,analytical chemistry,biochemistry,organic chemistry ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1602
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy (former - to 2024)
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Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2024 13:35
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025 12:13
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96538
DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.12.005

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