PROCESS FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF A GALNAC MOIETY COMPRISING A (HETERO)ARYL GROUP TO A GLCNAC MOIETY, AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for attaching an N-acetylgalactosamine- (hetero)arylmoiety to an N-acetylglucosaminemoiety, the process comprising the step of contacting the N-acetylgalactosamine-(hetero)arylmoiety with the N- acetylglucosaminemoiety in the presence of a mutant galactosyltransferase, wherein the N-acetylglucosaminemoiety is according to Formula (1)the N- acetylgalactosamine-(hetero)arylmoiety is according to Formula (2): In a particularly preferred embodiment of the process according to the invention, the N-acetylgalactosamine-(hetero)arylmoiety comprises a 1,3-dipole functional group, and the N-acetylglucosaminemoiety is a terminal GlcNAc moiety of a glycoprotein glycan. The invention further relates to a productobtainable by the process according to the invention, in particular to glycoproteins. Also, the invention relates to several compounds comprising an N-acetylgalactosamine-(hetero)arylmoiety.