A novel method for chemo-enzymatic synthesis of elicitor-active chitosan oligomers and partially N-deacetylated chitin oligomers using N-acylated chitotrioses as substrates in a lysozyme-catalyzed transglycosylation reaction system

Carbohydrate Research
K AkiyamaA Kobayashi

Abstract

N,N',N"-Tri(monochloro)acetylchitotriose prepared by N-monochloroacetylation of chitotriose trihydrochloride was successfully polymerized into higher-molecular-weight oligomers by a lysozyme-catalyzed transglycosylation reaction, and a following base-catalyzed N-demonochloroacetylation gave a chitosan oligomer mixture mainly composed of oligomers with dp > 6. Partially N-deacetylated chitin oligomers (DAC oligomers) with dp 4-12 were synthesized by the enzyme reaction using N,N',N"-tri(monochloro)acetylchitotriose and N,N',N"-triacetylchitotriose (chitin trimer) as initial substrates followed by N-demonochloroacetylation. The structures of synthetic oligomers were analyzed by 1H NMR spectroscopy, enzymatic hydrolysis and nitrous acid deamination-NaBH4 reduction treatment. The dp of synthetic oligomers was measured by MALDI TOF MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry) using per-N-acetylated derivatives. The synthetic chitosan and DAC oligomers were strong elicitors for phytoalexin induction in Pisum sativum and Phaseolus vulgaris. This chemo-enzymatic method utilizing N-acylated chitotrioses as substrates is a novel approach to the synthesis of high-molecular-weight chitosan oligomers and...Continue Reading

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