N‐glycosylation of enhanced aromatic sequons to increase glycoprotein stability

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Abstract

N-glycosylation can increase the rate of protein folding, enhance thermodynamic stability, and slow protein unfolding; however, the molecular basis for these effects is incompletely understood. Without clear engineering guidelines, attempts to use N-glycosylation as an approach for stabilizing proteins have resulted in unpredictable energetic consequences. Here, we review the recent development of three "enhanced aromatic sequons," which appear to facilitate stabilizing native-state interactions between Phe, Asn-GlcNAc and Thr when placed in an appropriate reverse turn context. It has proven to be straightforward to engineer a stabilizing enhanced aromatic sequon into glycosylation-naïve proteins that have not evolved to optimize specific protein-carbohydrate interactions. Incorporating these enhanced aromatic sequons into appropriate reverse turn types within proteins should enhance the well-known pharmacokinetic benefits of N-glycosylation-based stabilization by lowering the population of protease-susceptible unfolded and aggregation-prone misfolded states, thereby making such proteins more useful in research and pharmaceutical applications.

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