Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 20, Issue 23, Pages 2936-2948Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900349
Keywords
Burkholderia; carbohydrates; glycolipids; glycosyl transferases; lipopolysaccharide
Funding
- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P-28826-N28]
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4-Amino-4-deoxy-l-arabinopyranose (Ara4N) residues have been linked to antibiotic resistance due to reduction of the negative charge in the lipid A and core regions of the bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To study the enzymatic transfer of Ara4N onto lipid A, which is catalysed by the ArnT transferase, we chemically synthesised a series of anomeric phosphodiester-linked lipid Ara4N derivatives containing linear aliphatic chains as well as E- and Z-configured monoterpene units. Coupling reactions were based on sugar-derived H-phosphonates, followed by oxidation and global deprotection. The enzymatic Ara4N transfer was performed in vitro with crude membranes from a deep-rough mutant from Escherichia coli as acceptor. Product formation was detected by TLC and LC-ESI-QTOF mass spectrometry. Out of seven analogues tested, only the alpha-neryl derivative was accepted by the Burkholderia cenocepacia ArnT protein, leading to substitution of the Kdo(2)-lipid A acceptor and thus affording evidence that ArnT is an inverting glycosyl transferase that requires the Z-configured double bond next to the anomeric phosphate moiety. This approach provides an easily accessible donor substrate for biochemical studies relating to modifications of bacterial LPS that modulate antibiotic resistance and immune recognition.
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