Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry Umeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
2. Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. 44227 Dortmund Germany
3. Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Universität Freiburg, Otto-Krayer-Haus Albertstraße 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
Abstract
AbstractIn the last decade, it was discovered that protein mucin‐type O‐glycosylation and O‐GlcNAcylation modify Tyr residues besides the well explored Thr and Ser amino acids. Several glycoproteomic studies have identified α‐GalNAc‐O‐Tyr modifications, and studies propose that β‐GlcNAc‐O‐Tyr also exists as a new group of posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Specific bacterial toxins have further been identified to modify host GTPases with α‐GlcNAc‐O‐Tyr to promote bacterial virulence. Despite being identified on numerous proteins, the biological roles, biosynthesis and expression of GalNAc‐ and GlcNAc‐O‐Tyr modifications are poorly understood. A major obstacle is the lack of tools to specifically detect and identify proteins containing these modifications. With this in mind, we prepared vaccine constructs and raised antibodies to enable selective detection of proteins carrying these new PTMs. The obtained polyclonal antibody sera were evaluated using ELISA and glycopeptide microarrays and were found to be highly selective for GlcNAc‐ and GalNAc‐O‐Tyr glycopeptides over the corresponding Ser‐ and Thr‐modifications. For microarray analysis, synthetic GlcNAc‐ and GalNAc‐O‐Tyr Fmoc‐amino acids were prepared and applied in Fmoc‐SPPS to obtain an extensive O‐glycopeptide library. After affinity purification, the antibodies were applied in western blot analysis and showed specific detection of α‐GlcNAc‐O‐Tyr modified RhoA GTPase.
Funder
Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung
Subject
General Chemistry,Catalysis,Organic Chemistry
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