A highly efficient chemoenzymatic synthesis of
N-glycopeptides was achieved. It was found that using synthetic o
ligosaccharide oxazo
lines, the mimics of the presumed oxazo
linium ion intermediate formed in a retaining mechanism of substrate-assisted catalysis, as the donor substrates and GlcNAc-peptides as the acceptors, the endo-
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N-acetylglucosaminidase (ENGase)-catalyzed transglycosylation gave a high yield (73-82%) of the corresponding glycopeptides in a regio- and stereospecific manner, regardless of the size of the peptide portions. The use of the o
ligosaccharide oxazo
lines as donor substrates not only expanded the substrate availabi
lity but also led to a substantial enhancement of the synthetic efficiency, compared to the use of natural
N-glycans.