(1) Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, 422 Shizuoka, Japan;(2) Marine Biotechnology Institute Co., Ltd, 1900 Sodeshi-cho, 424 Shimizu, Japan
Abstract:
Transmannosylation from mannotriose (Man1-4Man1-4Man) to the 4-position at the nonreducing end N-acetylglucosaminyl residue ofN,N-diacetylchitobiose was regioselectively induced through the use of -d-mannanase fromAspergillus niger. The enzyme formed the trisaccharide Man1-4GlcNAc1-4GlcNAc (3.7% of the enzyme-catalysed net decrease ofN,N-diacetylchitobiose) from mannotriose as a donor andN,N-diacetylchitobiose as an acceptor. Mannobiose (Man1-4Man) was also shown to be useful as a donor substrate for the desired trisaccharide synthesis.Abbreviations Man
d-mannose
- (Mn) (n=1–5)
-linkedn-mer of mannose
- GlcNAc2
2-acetamido-2-deoxy--d-glucopyranosyl-(1–4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucose