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ArticleChemical science2016

Deciphering the Mode of Action of the Processive Polysaccharide Modifying Enzyme Dermatan Sulfate Epimerase 1 by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry.

Emil Tykesson, Yang Mao, Marco Maccarana, Yi Pu, Jinshan Gao, Cheng Lin, Joseph Zaia, Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Ulf Ellervik, Lars Malmström and 1 more

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Emil TykessonDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden.
Yang MaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
Marco MaccaranaDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden.
Yi PuDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
Jinshan GaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for Quantitative Obesity Research, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA.
Cheng LinDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
Joseph ZaiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
Gunilla Westergren-ThorssonDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden.
Ulf EllervikDepartment of Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden.
Lars MalmströmS3IT, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Anders MalmströmDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden.
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Funding

Mass Spectrometry Resource for Biology and MedicineP41GM104603 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI COSTELLO, CATHERINE E. · 2012 to 2017
$10.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distinct from template-directed biosynthesis of nucleic acids and proteins, the enzymatic synthesis of heterogeneous polysaccharides is a complex process that is difficult to study using common analytical tools. Therefore, the mode of action and processivity of those enzymes are largely unknown. Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 (DS-epi1) is the predominant enzyme during the formation of iduronic acid residues in the glycosaminoglycan dermatan sulfate. Using recombinant DS-epi1 as a model enzyme, we describe a tandem mass spectrometry-based method to study the mode of action of polysaccharide processing enzymes. The enzyme action on the substrate was monitored by hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry and the sequence information was then fed into mathematical models with two different assumptions of the mode of action for the enzyme: processive reducing end to non-reducing end, and processive non-reducing end to reducing end. Model data was scored by correlation to experimental data and it was found that DS-epi1 attacks its substrate on a random position, followed by a processive mode of modification towards the non-reducing end and that the substrate affinity of the enzyme is negatively affected by each additional epimerization event. It could also be shown that the smallest active substrate was the reducing end uronic acid in a tetrasaccharide and that octasaccharides and longer oligosaccharides were optimal substrates. The method of using tandem mass spectrometry to generate sequence information of the complex enzymatic products in combination with

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