Glycoprotiens are responsible in many biological events. However oligosaccharides covalently attached to these proteins always exhibit heterogeneity. This has been a hindrance to investigate what oligosaccharide structure is essential for the individual biological event. Therefore we have examined the chemical synthesis of several glycoproteins such as cytokines consist of 70 to 166 amino acid residues. [1-3] However, glycoproteins used in the cell-cell communication or immune response exhibit larger molecular weight comparing with those of cytokines we have synthesized. Unfortunately, the synthesis of such large and homogeneous glycoproteins is still far from our current achievements, because we have not established an efficient method for the synthesis of large glycoproteins yet. Native chemical ligation[4] is a powerful method to couple two polypeptide chains through a native amide bond. This ligation takes place between peptide-C-terminal thioester and cysteine at the N-terminal of another peptide. Using this ligation between glycopeptide-thioester synthesized by chemical method and long peptide prepared from E. coli expression, we have examined the synthesis of large glycoprotein. In this presentation, we would discuss the first synthesis of large and homogeneous glycosylpolypeptide chain (25 kDa) consists of over 200 amino acid residues.
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Shohei Imada [ Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan ]
Ryo Okamoto [ Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan ]
Masayuki Izumi [ Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan ]
Yasuhiro Kajihara [ Department of Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan ]
본 학회는 화학, 생화학, 분자생물학, 미생물학, 식품공학, 의학, 약학, 유전공학 및 생물공학, 환경 및 기타 공업 등 전 분야의 탄수화물관련 이론과 기술을 연구 발전시키고 산학협동을 통해 이를 보급하여 국내 관련 산업의 발전 및 국민생활의 과학화에 기여하고자 하며, 이러한 목표와 비젼의 실현을 위해 회원들이 적극적인 참여와 활동을 전개하고자 한다.