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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2017

Glycoengineering of Esterase Activity through Metabolic Flux-Based Modulation of Sialic Acid.

Mohit P Mathew, Elaine Tan, Jason W Labonte, Shivam Shah, Christopher T Saeui, Lingshu Liu, Rahul Bhattacharya, Patawut Bovonratwet, Jeffrey J Gray, Kevin J Yarema

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohit P MathewDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Elaine TanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Jason W LabonteDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Shivam ShahDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Christopher T SaeuiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Lingshu LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Rahul BhattacharyaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Patawut BovonratwetDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Jeffrey J GrayDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
Kevin J YaremaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, The Johns Hopkins University, 5029 Robert H. & Clarice Smith Building, 400 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
University of Baltimore · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Probing the Connections between Monosaccharide Analogs, Sialic Acid Metabolism, aR01CA112314 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI YAREMA, KEVIN J · 2005 to 2022
$4.5M
Prediction of the Structure of Therapeutic Antibodies with their AntigensR01GM078221 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRAY, JEFFREY J · 2006 to 2020
$4.0M
Computational Modeling of MUC1 Glycoforms for the Development of Cancer TherapeutF32CA189246 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LABONTE, JASON WILLIAM · 2014 to 2016
$169k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA189246NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112314NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM078221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes the metabolic glycoengineering (MGE) of intracellular esterase activity in human colon cancer (LS174T) and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. In silico analysis of carboxylesterases CES1 and CES2 suggested that these enzymes are modified with sialylated N-glycans, which are proposed to stabilize the active multimeric forms of these enzymes. This premise was supported by treating cells with butanolylated ManNAc to increase sialylation, which in turn increased esterase activity. By contrast, hexosamine analogues not targeted to sialic acid biosynthesis (e.g., butanoylated GlcNAc or GalNAc) had minimal impact. Measurement of mRNA and protein confirmed that esterase activity was controlled through glycosylation and not through transcription or translation. Azide-modified ManNAc analogues widely used in MGE also enhanced esterase activity and provided a way to enrich targeted glycoengineered proteins (such as CES2), thereby providing unambiguous evidence that the compounds were converted to sialosides and installed into the glycan structures of esterases as intended. Overall, this study provides a pioneering example of the modulation of intracellular enzyme activity through MGE, which expands the value of this technology from its current status as a labeling strategy and modulator of cell surface biological events.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalAcetylgalactosamineAcetylglucosamineAnimalsBinding SitesButyric AcidCarboxylesteraseCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCell Line, TumorCHO CellsCricetulusEpithelial CellsGlycosylationHexosaminesHumansMetabolic EngineeringAcetylgalactosamineAcetylglucosamineButyric AcidCarboxylesteraseCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCES1 protein, humanCES2 protein, humanHexosaminesN-acetylmannosamineSialic AcidscarboxylesterasehexosaminesManNAcmetabolic glycoengineeringsialic acid

Identifiers

PMID28218815
PMCPMC5757160
OpenAlexW2591423324

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