Features and applications of bacterial sialidases
- Authors
- Kim, Seonghun; Oh, Doo-Byoung; Kang, Hyun Ah; Kwon, Ohsuk
- Issue Date
- Jul-2011
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Chemoenzymatic synthesis; In vitro trans-sialylation; Regioselectivity; Sialic acid; Sialidase; Sialoglycoconjugate
- Citation
- APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.91, no.1, pp 1 - 15
- Pages
- 15
- Journal Title
- APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 91
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 15
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/21429
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00253-011-3307-2
- ISSN
- 0175-7598
1432-0614
- Abstract
- Sialidases, or neuraminidases (EC 3.2.1.18), belong to a class of glycosyl hydrolases that release terminal N-acylneuraminate residues from the glycans of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and polysaccharides. In bacteria, sialidases can be used to scavenge sialic acids as a nutrient from various sialylated substrates or to recognize sialic acids exposed on the surface of the host cell. Despite the fact that bacterial sialidases share many structural features, their biochemical properties, especially their linkage and substrate specificities, vary widely. Bacterial sialidases can catalyze the hydrolysis of terminal sialic acids linked by the alpha(2,3)-, alpha(2,6)-, or alpha(2,8)-linkage to a diverse range of substrates. In addition, some of these enzymes can catalyze the transfer of sialic acids from sialoglycans to asialoglycoconjugates via a transglycosylation reaction mechanism. Thus, some bacterial sialidases have been applied to synthesize complex sialyloligosaccharides through chemoenzymatic approaches and to analyze the glycan structure. In this review article, the biochemical features of bacterial sialidases and their potential applications in regioselective hydrolysis reactions as well as sialylation by transglycosylation for the synthesis of sialylated complex glycans are discussed.
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