Product-oriented chemical surface modification of a levansucrase (SacB) via an ene-type reaction.

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Carbohydrate processing enzymes are sophisticated tools of living systems that have evolved to execute specific reactions on sugars. Here we present for the first time the site-selective chemical modification of exposed tyrosine residues in SacB, a levansucrase from Bacillus megaterium (Bm-LS) for enzyme engineering purposes via an ene-type reaction. Bm-LS is unable to sustain the synthesis of high molecular weight (HMW) levan (a fructose polymer) due to protein-oligosaccharide dissociation events occurring at an early stage during polymer elongation. We switched the catalyst from levan-like oligosaccharide synthesis to the efficient production of a HMW fructan polymer through the covalent addition of a flexible chemical side-chain that fluctuates over the central binding cavity of the enzyme preventing premature oligosaccharide disengagement.

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PubMed ID:: 30009003

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DOI:: 10.1039/c8sc01244j

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Product-oriented chemical surface modification of a levansucrase (SacB) via an ene-type reaction.

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Click chemistry generates privileged CH hydrogen-bonding triazoles: the latest addition to anion supramolecular chemistry.

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