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Profiling of Permethylated Mucin O-glycans Using Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 20, 2025
Enzymatic glycosylation of the topical antibiotic mupirocin
Prakash Parajuli1, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Anaya Raj Pokhrel
1Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Sun Moon University, 100 Kalsan-ri, Tangjeonmyun, Asan-si, Chungnam, 336-708, Korea.
Abstract:
Mupirocin is a commercially available antibiotic that acts on bacterial isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis and preventing bacterial infection. An in vitro glycosylation approach was applied to synthesize glycoside derivatives of mupirocin using different NDP-sugars and glycosyltransferase from Bacillus licheniformis. Ultra pressure liquid chromatography-photo diode array analyses of the reaction mixtures revealed the generation of product peak(s). The results were further supported by high-resolution quadruple time of flight electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analyses. The product purified from the reaction mixture with UDP-D-glucose was subjected to NMR analysis, and the structure was determined to be mupirocin 6-O-β-D-glucoside. Other glycoside analogs of mupirocin were determined based on high-resolution mass analyses. Antibacterial activity assays against Staphylococcus aureus demonstrated complete loss of antibacterial activity after glucosylation of mupirocin at the 6-hydroxyl position.
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