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Masayuki Izumi1, Rie Kuruma1, Ryo Okamoto1
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Abstract:
UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) distinguishes glycoproteins in non-native conformations from those in native conformations and glucosylates from only non-native glycoproteins. To analyze how UGGT recognizes non-native glycoproteins, we chemically synthesized site-specifically 15N-labeled interleukin 8 (IL-8) C-terminal (34-72) glycopeptides bearing a Man9GlcNAc2 (M9) oligosaccharide. Chemical shift perturbation mapping NMR experiments suggested that Phe65 of the glycopeptide specifically interacts with UGGT. To analyze this interaction, we constructed a glycopeptide library by varying Phe65 with 10 other natural amino acids, via parallel native chemical ligation between a glycopeptide-α-thioester and a peptide library consisting of 11 peptides. UGGT assay against the glycopeptide library revealed that, although less hydrophobic glycopeptides could be used as substrates for UGGT, hydrophobic glycopeptides are preferred.
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