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Journal of Biochemistry Advance Access published online on June 13, 2007
Journal of Biochemistry, doi:10.1093/jb/mvm125
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© 2007 The Japanese Biochemical Society

Synthesis of fluorescent glycosphingolipids and neoglycoconjugates which contain 6-gala oligosaccharides using the transglycosylation reaction of a novel endoglycoceramidase (EGALC)

Yohei Ishibashi, Masashi Kiyohara, Nozomu Okino and Makoto Ito1

From Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.

1To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dr. Makoto Ito. Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. Tel: 81-92-642-2898, Fax: 81-92-642-2907, E-mail: makotoi{at}agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Received May 15, 2007; Accepted May 31, 2007


  Abstract

Endoglycoceramidase is a glycohydrolase capable of hydrolyzing the O-glycosidic linkage between oligosaccharides and ceramides of various glycosphingolipids. However, no endoglycoceramidase reported so far can hydrolyze 6-gala series glycosphingolipids which possess the common structure R-Galß1-6Galß1-1’Cer. Recently, we found a novel endoglycoceramidase (endogalactosylceramidase, EGALC) which specifically hydrolyzes 6-gala series glycosphingolipids. Here, we report that EGALC catalyzes the hydrolysis as well as transglycosylation. An intact sugar chain of neogalatriaosylceramide (Galß1-6Galß1-6Galß1-1’Cer) was found to be transferred by EGALC to a primary hydroxyl group of various alkanols and non-ionic detergents such as Triton X-100 generating corresponding alkyl- and Triton-trigalactooligosaccharides. Furthermore, fluorescent 6-gala series glycosphingolipids were synthesized by transglycosylation in a reaction with EGALC using fluorescent ceramides as acceptors. Because of high efficiency and broad acceptor specificity, EGALC would facilitate the synthesis of fluorescent glycosphingolipids and neoglycoconjugates which contain 6-gala oligosaccharides.

Key Words: endoglycoceramidase, endogalactosylceramidase (EGALC), fluorescent glycosphingolipid, 6-gala series glycosphingolipid, transglycosylation


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