Volume 42, Issue 19 pp. 2316-2322
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Efficient Chemical Synthesis and Folding of Mirror-Image Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase A Using the Strategy of Removable Glycosylation Modification

Tongyue Wang

Tongyue Wang

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China

These authors contribute equally to this work.

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Weiwei Shi

Weiwei Shi

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China

These authors contribute equally to this work.

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Guo-Chao Chu

Corresponding Author

Guo-Chao Chu

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China

School of Food and Biological Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Bio-process, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Source of Anhui Province, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009 China

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Yi-Ming Li

Corresponding Author

Yi-Ming Li

School of Food and Biological Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Bio-process, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Animal Source of Anhui Province, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009 China

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First published: 22 May 2024
Citations: 9

Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2024.

Comprehensive Summary

The strategy of removable glycosylation modification was used to overcome the low-efficiency problem encountered in the chemical synthesis of the mirror-image D-version of the immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of tropomyosin receptor kinase A (DlgCTrkA), a protein molecule needed for mirror-image screening of D-peptide ligands targeting this cell membrane receptor. It was found that O-linked-β-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification at DSer312, or DSer320 can significantly improve the efficiency of DlgCTrkA synthesis and folding, while O-GlcNAc modification at DSer330 showed barely any improvement. This study provides a new example demonstrating the power of the removable glycosylation modification strategy in the chemical synthesis and folding of difficult-to-obtain proteins. It also presents evidence that removable glycosylation modification at different sites would significantly affect the efficiency of protein folding promoted by this strategy.

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