C-Oligosaccharides are rare in nature and possess diverse bioactivities.However,their chemical synthesis faces many challenges.In this work,enzymatic introduction of C-linked sugar chains to target aglycones was succe...C-Oligosaccharides are rare in nature and possess diverse bioactivities.However,their chemical synthesis faces many challenges.In this work,enzymatic introduction of C-linked sugar chains to target aglycones was successfully achieved by multi-enzymatic cascade reactions.A C-glycosyltransferase from Aloe barbadensis was employed to introduce the first C-linked glucose and then a cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase from Bacillus licheniformis was used to extend the sugar chain.A total of twenty C-oligosaccharides with 2-6 sugars were synthesized from scale-up reactions and exhibited good water solubility and sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2(SGLT2)inhibitory activity.Furthermore,a glucoamylase was used to control the length of the sugar chain and the C-maltosides were efficiently synthesized.These findings not only expanded the structural diversity of C-oligosaccharides,but also provided a strategy for the modification of C-glycoside drugs to improve the druggability.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFA0908000)CAMS Innovation fund for Medical Sciences(No.2021-I2M-1–029)。
文摘C-Oligosaccharides are rare in nature and possess diverse bioactivities.However,their chemical synthesis faces many challenges.In this work,enzymatic introduction of C-linked sugar chains to target aglycones was successfully achieved by multi-enzymatic cascade reactions.A C-glycosyltransferase from Aloe barbadensis was employed to introduce the first C-linked glucose and then a cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase from Bacillus licheniformis was used to extend the sugar chain.A total of twenty C-oligosaccharides with 2-6 sugars were synthesized from scale-up reactions and exhibited good water solubility and sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2(SGLT2)inhibitory activity.Furthermore,a glucoamylase was used to control the length of the sugar chain and the C-maltosides were efficiently synthesized.These findings not only expanded the structural diversity of C-oligosaccharides,but also provided a strategy for the modification of C-glycoside drugs to improve the druggability.
