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In Vitro Characterization of a Multidomain Glycosyltransferase Using Fluorescently Tagged Synthetic Acceptors
Danielle M Williams1, Olga G Ovchinnikova1, Chris Whitfield2
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Abstract:
In vitro assays using fluorescently tagged sugar residues can facilitate the characterization of glycosyltransferase function. Here we describe the use of in vitro assays to characterize the three glycosyltransferase modules of the protein designated WbbB from Klebsiella pneumoniae O12. This protein combines key activities necessary to synthesize the O antigenic polysaccharide portion of lipopolysaccharide. The specificities of the three glycosyltransferases were investigated in vitro, using purified proteins, the activated donor sugars (dTDP-Rha, UDP-GlcNAc and CMP-β-Kdo) and synthetic acceptors terminating in either α1,3-linked Rha or β1,4-linked GlcNAc. The reaction products were verified by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance methods.
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