Hexosamines carrying a negatively charged moiety at C-6 are strong ligands of the activation receptors of natural killer cells. In this project, we aim to examine the impact of the nature of the charged moiety to the ligand efficiency. A range of disaccharides will be prepared from glycosides bearing various charged groups at C-6 in transglycosylation reactions, catalyzed by beta-N-acetylhexosaminidases. The enzymes with appropriate substrate specificity will be selected by screening of a glycosidase library. Their ability to accept the modified glycosides as substrates will be predicted by molecular modeling with beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase from Aspergillus oryzae. The products of transglycosylation reactions will be tested in competitive binding assays with the NKR-P1 and CD69 activation receptors. Thus, the structure-activity relationship between the nature of the charged group and the performance of the ligand will be identified. Furthermore, beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase from Talaromyces flavus, an enzyme of unique substrate specifity, will be purified and characterized. This data will form the basis for future sequencing and cloning of this enzyme. (en)
1. Syntéza modifikovaných substrátů beta-N-acetylhexosaminidas; 2. Screening na štěpení a transglykosylace, enzymová syntéza disacharidů; 3. Studie vazebné afinity k aktivačním receptorům NK buněk; 4. Purifikace a charakterizace hexosaminidasy z Talaromyces flavus; 5. Molekulární modelování