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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Carbohydrate Transport Substrate-binding-protein SP0092
Published on: October 2, 2017
Real-time, label-free characterization of oligosaccharide-binding proteins using carbohydrate microarrays and an
1Department of Physics, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Carbohydrates present on cell surfaces mediate cell behavior through interactions with other biomolecules. Due to their structural complexity, diversity, and heterogeneity, it is difficult to fully characterize a variety of carbohydrates and their binding partners. As a result, novel technologies for glycomics applications have been developed, including carbohydrate microarrays and label-free detection methods. In this paper, we report using the combination of oligosaccharide microarrays and the label-free oblique-incidence reflectivity difference (OI-RD) microscopy for real-time characterization of oligosaccharide binding proteins. Aminated human milk oligosaccharides were immobilized on epoxy-coated glass substrates as microarrays for reactions with Family 1 of solute binding proteins from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis). Binding affinities of these protein-oligosaccharide interactions showed preferences of Family 1 of solute binding proteins to host glycans, which helps in characterizing the complex process of human milk oligosaccharides foraging by B. infantis.
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