Identification of a Novel Mycobacterial Arabinosyltransferase Activity Which Adds an Arabinosyl Residue to α-d-Mannosyl Residues

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• 作者：Shiva kumar Angala ; Michael R. McNeil ; Lu Zou ; Avraham Liav ; Junfeng Zhang ; Todd L. Lowary ; Mary Jackson
• 刊名：ACS Chemical Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：11
• 期：6
• 页码：1518-1524
• 全文大小：679K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1554-8937

文摘

The arabinosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis of the arabinan domains of two abundant heteropolysaccharides of the cell envelope of all mycobacterial species, lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan, are validated drug targets. Using a cell envelope preparation from Mycobacterium smegmatis as the enzyme source and di- and trimannoside synthetic acceptors, we uncovered a previously undetected arabinosyltransferase activity. Thin layer chromatography, GC/MS, and LC/MS/MS analyses of the major enzymatic product are consistent with the transfer of an arabinose residue to the 6 position of the terminal mannosyl residue at the nonreducing end of the acceptors. The newly identified enzymatic activity is resistant to ethambutol and could correspond to the priming arabinosyl transfer reaction that occurs during lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis.