Enzymatic glycosylation of 4'-demethylepipodophyllotoxin.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2017.0109
- Author:
Ke-Bo XIE
1
;
Ri-Dao CHEN
1
;
Yu-Jiao ZHANG
1
;
Da-Wei CHEN
1
;
Jun-Gui DAI
1
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin;
enzymatic glycosylation;
glycosyltransferase;
tool enzyme;
Aloe barbadensis
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(12):2323-2328
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The glycosides of 4'-demethylepipodophyllotoxin (DMEP) possess various pharmacological activities; however, the chemical synthesis of these glycosides faces challenges in regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, and the protection and de-protection of functional groups. In this work, a novel glycosyltransferase (GT) gene AbGT5 from Aloe barbadensis was successfully cloned, heterogeneously expressed and purified. Recombinant AbGT5 was able to catalyze the glycosylation of DMEP and the glycosylated product, which was separated from the preparative scale reaction, was characterized as DMEP 4'-O-β-D-glucoside via MS, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HSQC and HMBC. According to the investigations of enzyme properties, AbGT5 show the highest activity around 20 ℃ in the buffer of pH 9.0, and it was independent of divalent metal ions. Under the optimum conditions, the conversion rate of DMEP can reach 80%. Above all, in this work the enzymatic glycosylation of DMEP was achieved with high efficiency by the novel GT AbGT5.
