The Engineered Hexosaminidase Tt OGA-D120N Is an Efficient O -/ N -/ S -Glycoligase That Also Catalyzes Formation and Release of Oxazoline Donors for Cascade Syntheses with Glycosynthases or Transglycosylases.

Engineering glycoside hydrolases is a major route to obtaining catalysts forming glycosidic bonds. Glycosynthases, thioglycoligases, and transglycosylases represent the main strategies, each having advantages and drawbacks. Here, we show that an engineered enzyme from the GH84 family, the acid-base mutant Tt OGA-D120N, is an efficient O -, N -, and S -glycoligase, able to use S sp 3 , O sp 3 , N sp 2 , and N sp nucleophiles. Moreover, Tt OGA-D120N catalyzes the formation and release of N -acetyl-d-glucosamine 1,2-oxazoline, the intermediate of hexosaminidases displaying substrate-assisted catalysis. This release of an activated intermediate allows cascade synthesis by combination with transglycosylases or glycosynthases, here exemplified by synthesis of the human milk oligosaccharide lacto- N -triose II.