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OaAEP1-Mediated Enzymatic Synthesis and Immobilization of Polymerized Protein for Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Published on: February 5, 2020
Synthetic assembly of α-O-linked-type GlcNAc using polymer chemistry affords sugar clusters, which effectively bind
Jyuichi Nakada1, Takahiko Matsushita2, Tetsuo Koyama1
1Area for Molecular Function, Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Sakura, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
Abstract:
Fischer's glycoside synthesis was applied to linker precursor alcohols of two different lengths having appropriate alkane chains to obtain the corresponding α-glycoside and it was found to be applicable with moderate yields. Water-soluble glycomonomers were systematically prepared from N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) by introducing two kinds of alcohols having different methylene lengths. Typical radical polymerizations of the glycomonomers with acrylamide as a modulator for control of the distance between carbohydrate residues in water in the presence of ammonium persulfate (APS)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) gave a series of glycopolymers with various α-glycoside-type GlcNAc residue densities. Fluorometric analysis of the interaction of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) with the glycopolymers was performed and the results showed unique binding specificities based on structural differences.
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