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Resolving the ?-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first Arg^Rha specific antibody.

ABSTRACT: A previously discovered posttranslational modification strategy - arginine rhamnosylation - is essential for elongation factor P (EF-P) dependent rescue of polyproline stalled ribosomes in clinically relevant species such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Neisseria meningitidis. However, almost nothing is known about this new type of N-linked glycosylation. In the present study we used NMR spectroscopy to show for the first time that the ? anomer of rhamnose is attached to Arg32 of EF-P, demonstrating that the corresponding glycosyltransferase EarP inverts the sugar of its cognate substrate dTDP-?-l-rhamnose. Based on this finding we describe the synthesis of an ?-rhamnosylated arginine containing peptide antigen in order to raise the first anti-rhamnosyl arginine specific antibody (anti-Arg^Rha). Using ELISA and Western Blot analyses we demonstrated both its high affinity and specificity without any cross-reactivity to other N-glycosylated proteins. Having the anti-Arg^Rha at hand we were able to visualize endogenously produced rhamnosylated EF-P. Thus, we expect the antibody to be not only important to monitor EF-P rhamnosylation in diverse bacteria but also to identify further rhamnosyl arginine containing proteins. As EF-P rhamnosylation is essential for pathogenicity, our antibody might also be a powerful tool in drug discovery.

SUBMITTER: Li X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363779 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Resolving the α-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first ArgRha specific antibody.

Li Xiang X Krafczyk Ralph R Macošek Jakub J Li Yu-Lei YL Zou Yan Y Simon Bernd B Pan Xing X Wu Qiu-Ye QY Yan Fang F Li Shan S Hennig Janosch J Jung Kirsten K Lassak Jürgen J Hu Hong-Gang HG

Chemical science 20160721 12

A previously discovered posttranslational modification strategy - arginine rhamnosylation - is essential for elongation factor P (EF-P) dependent rescue of polyproline stalled ribosomes in clinically relevant species such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Neisseria meningitidis. However, almost nothing is known about this new type of N-linked glycosylation. In the present study we used NMR spectroscopy to show for the first time that the α anomer of rhamnose is attached to Arg32 ...[more]

PMID: 28451135

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Resolving the ?-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first Arg^Rha specific antibody.

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Resolving the α-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first Arg<sup>Rha</sup> specific antibody.

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Resolving the ?-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first ArgRha specific antibody.

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Resolving the α-glycosidic linkage of arginine-rhamnosylated translation elongation factor P triggers generation of the first Arg<sup>Rha</sup> specific antibody.

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