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Valsalan R, Mathew D. Draft genome of Meyerozyma guilliermondii strain vka1: a yeast strain with composting potential. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2020; 18:54. [PMID: 32996036 PMCID: PMC7524887 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-020-00074-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background Meyerozyma guilliermondii is a yeast which could be isolated from a variety of environments. The vka1 strain isolated and purified from the organic compost was found to have composting potential. To better understand the genes assisting the composting potential in this yeast, whole genome sequencing and sequence annotation were performed. Results The genome of M. guilliermondii vka1 strain was sequenced using a hybrid approach, on Illumina Hiseq-2500 platform at 100× coverage followed by Nanopore platform at 20× coverage. The de novo assembly using dual-fold approach had given draft genome of 10.8 Mb size. The genome was found to contain 5385 genes. The annotation of the genes was performed, and the enzymes identified to have roles in the degradation of macromolecules are discussed in relation to its composting potential. Annotation of the genome assembly of the related strains had revealed the unique biodegradation related genes in this strain. Phylogenetic analysis using the rDNA region has confirmed the position of this strain in the Ascomycota family. Raw reads are made public, and the genome wide proteome profile is presented to facilitate further studies on this organism. Conclusions Meyerozyma guilliermondii vka1 strain was sequenced through hybrid approach and the reads were de novo assembled. Draft genome size and the number of genes in the strain were assessed and discussed in relation to the related strains. Scientific insights into the composting potential of this strain are also presented in relation to the unique genes identified in this strain.
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- Ravisankar Valsalan
- Bioinformatics Centre, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU Post, Thrissur, Kerala State, 680 656, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU Post, Thrissur, Kerala State, 680 656, India.
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Huang C, Li ZL, Chen F, Liu Q, Zhao YK, Zhou JZ, Wang AJ. Microbial community structure and function in response to the shift of sulfide/nitrate loading ratio during the denitrifying sulfide removal process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 197:227-234. [PMID: 26340031 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Influence of acetate-C/NO3(-)-N/S(2-) ratio to the functional microbial community during the denitrifying sulfide removal process is poorly understood. Here, phylogenetic and functional bacterial community for elemental sulfur (S(0)) recovery and nitrate (NO3(-)) removal were investigated with the switched S(2-)/NO3(-) molar ratio ranged from 5/2 to 5/9. Optimized S(2-)/NO3(-) ratio was evaluated as 5/6, with the bacterial genera predominated with Thauera, Enterobacter, Thiobacillus and Stappia, and the sqr gene highly expressed. However, insufficient or high loading of acetate and NO3(-) resulted in the low S(0) recovery, and also significantly modified the bacterial community and genetic activity. With S(2-)/NO3(-) ratio of 5/2, autotrophic S(2-) oxidization genera were dominated and NO3(-) reduction activity was low, confirmed by the low expressed nirK gene. In contrast, S(2-)/NO3(-) ratio switched to 5/8 and 5/9 introduced diverse heterotrophic nitrate reduction and S(0) over oxidization genera in accompanied with the highly expressed nirK and sox genes.
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- Cong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94270, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China.
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Anugraham M, Everest-Dass AV, Jacob F, Packer NH. A platform for the structural characterization of glycans enzymatically released from glycosphingolipids extracted from tissue and cells. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015. [PMID: 26212272 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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RATIONALE Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) constitute a highly diverse class of glyco-conjugates which are involved in many aspects of cell membrane function and disease. The isolation, detection and structural characterization of the carbohydrate (glycan) component of GSLs are particularly challenging given their structural heterogeneity and thus rely on the development of sensitive, analytical technologies. METHODS Neutral and acidic GSL standards were immobilized onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes and glycans were enzymatically released using endoglycoceramidase II (EGCase II), separated by porous graphitized carbon (PGC) liquid chromatography and structurally characterized by negative ion mode electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (PGC-LC/ESI-MS/MS). This approach was then employed for GSLs isolated from 100 mg of serous and endometrioid cancer tissue and from cell line (10(7) cells) samples. RESULTS Glycans were released from GSL standards comprising of ganglio-, asialo-ganglio- and the relatively resistant globo-series glycans, using as little as 1 mU of enzyme and 2 µg of GSL. The platform of analysis was then applied to GSLs isolated from tissue and cell line samples and the released isomeric and isobaric glycan structures were chromatographically resolved on PGC and characterized by comparison with the MS(2) fragment ion spectra of the glycan standards and by application of known structural MS(2) fragment ions. This approach identified several (neo-)lacto-, globo- and ganglio-series glycans and facilitated the discrimination of isomeric structures containing Lewis A, H type 1 and type 2 blood group antigens and sialyl-tetraosylceramides. CONCLUSION We describe a relatively simple, detergent-free, enzymatic release of glycans from PVDF-immobilized GSLs, followed by the detailed structural analysis afforded by PGC-LC-ESI-MS/MS, to offer a versatile method for the analysis of tumour and cell-derived GSL-glycans. The method uses the potential of MS(2) fragmentation in negative ion ESI mode to characterize, in detail, the biologically relevant glycan structures derived from GSLs.
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- Merrina Anugraham
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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- Gynecological Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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Murata T, Usui T. Enzymatic Synthesis of Oligosaccharides and Neoglycoconjugates. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 70:1049-59. [PMID: 16717404 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Oligosaccharides involved in glycoconjugates play important roles in a number of biological events. To elucidate the biological functions of oligosaccharides, sufficient quantities of structurally defined oligosaccharides, are of limited availability by traditional purification methods, are required. Hence, chemical and enzymatic syntheses of oligosaccharides are becoming increasingly important in glycobiology and glycotechnology. In addition, oligosaccharides often occur as glycoconjugates attached to proteins or lipids. Hence, the development of simple and effective methods for synthesizing neoglycoconjugates such as neoglycoprotein and neoglycolipids is essential for an understanding of the biological function of these molecules. Here we review the most recent developments in the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides and neoglycoconjugates.
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- Takeomi Murata
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Japan.
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This overview covers the endo-beta-galactosidases; enzyme is capable of hydrolyzing a wide range of glycoconjugates. Endo-beta-galactosidases from numerous sources are discussed in terms of their substrate specificities and substrates, as well as their practical research applications.
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- M N Fukuda
- La Jolla Cancer Research, La Jolla, California, USA
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Ohmae M, Sakaguchi K, Kaneto T, Fujikawa SI, Kobayashi S. Keratanase II-Catalyzed Synthesis of Keratan Sulfate Oligomers by Using Sugar Oxazolines as Transition-State Analogue Substrate Monomers: A Novel Insight into the Enzymatic Catalysis Mechanism. Chembiochem 2007; 8:1710-20. [PMID: 17705309 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Keratan sulfate (KS) oligomers with well-defined structures were synthesized by keratanase II (KSase II)-catalyzed transglycosylation. N-Acetyllactosamine [Galbeta(1-->4)GlcNAc; LacNAc] oxazoline derivatives with sulfate groups at the C-6 (1 a) and both the C-6 and the C-6' (1 b) were prepared as transition-state analogue substrate monomers for KSase II. Monomer 1 a was effectively oligomerized by the enzyme under weak alkaline conditions, to give alternating 6-sulfated KS oligomers (2 a) in good yields, and with total control of regioselectivity and stereochemistry. KSase II also recognized 1 b, which provided fully 6-sulfated KS oligomers (2 b) in good yields under similar conditions. Nonsulfated LacNAc oxazoline was difficult to oligomerize enzymatically. These results imply that the catalysis mechanism of KSase II involves a sugar oxazolinium ion that requires the 6-sulfate group in the GlcNAc residue not only in hydrolysis of KS chains, but also in oligomerization of oxazoline monomers. This is the first report of KSase II-catalyzed transglycosylation to form beta(1-->3)-glycosidic bond through a substrate-assisted mechanism.
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- Masashi Ohmae
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
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Degradation of λ-carrageenan by Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora λ-carrageenase: a new family of glycoside hydrolases unrelated to κ- and ι-carrageenases. Biochem J 2007. [DOI: 10.1042//bj20061359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Carrageenans are sulfated galactans found in the cell walls of red seaweeds. They are classified according to the number and the position of sulfate ester groups. λ-Carrageenan is the most sulfated carrageenan and carries at least three sulfates per disaccharide unit. The sole known depolymerizing enzyme of λ-carrageenan, the λ-carrageenase from Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora, has been purified, cloned and sequenced. Sequence analyses have revealed that the λ-carrageenase, referred to as CglA, is the first member of a new family of GHs (glycoside hydrolases), which is unrelated to families GH16, that contains κ-carrageenases, and GH82, that contains ι-carrageenases. This large enzyme (105 kDa) features a low-complexity region, suggesting the presence of a linker connecting at least two independent modules. The N-terminal region is predicted to fold as a β-propeller. The main degradation products have been purified and characterized as neo-λ-carratetraose [DP (degree of polymerization) 4] and neo-λ-carrahexaose (DP6), indicating that CglA hydrolyses the β-(1→4) linkage of λ-carrageenan. LC-MALLS (liquid chromatography-multi-angle laser light scattering) and 1H-NMR monitoring of the enzymatic degradation of λ-carrageenan indicate that CglA proceeds according to an endolytic mode of action and a mechanism of inversion of the anomeric configuration. Using 2-aminoacridone-labelled neo-λ-carrabiose oligosaccharides, in the present study we demonstrate that the active site of CglA comprises at least 8 subsites (−4 to +4) and that a DP6 oligosaccharide binds in the subsites −4 to +2 and can be hydrolysed into DP4 and DP2.
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Kresse H, Glössl J. Glycosaminoglycan degradation. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 60:217-311. [PMID: 3310531 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123065.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- H Kresse
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Münster, Federal Republic of Germany
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Volpi N, Maccari F, Ferrari S, Luca MD, Pellegrini G. Separation of keratan-sulfate-derived disaccharides by high-performance liquid chromatography and postcolumn derivatization with 2-cyanoacetamide and fluorimetric detection. Anal Biochem 2005; 342:200-5. [PMID: 15989926 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2004] [Revised: 03/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this paper, we report a rapid, sensitive, and quantitative procedure to conduct disaccharide compositional analyses of keratan sulfates (KS) by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation and postcolumn derivatization with 2-cyanoacetamide and fluorimetric detection of products generated by hydrolysis of this glycosaminoglycan with Bacillus sp. keratanase II or Escherichia freundii endo-beta-galactosidase. Following E. freundii endo-beta-galactosidase digestion of bovine corneal KS, the monosulfated disaccharide glcNAc6sbeta(1-->3)gal, accounting for approximately equals 95% nmol and 50% yield products, is produced. On the contrary, bovine corneal KS treated with endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (keratanase II) from Bacillus sp. generates two major products, the monosulfated disaccharide galbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s ( approximately equals 50% nmol product) and the disulfated disaccharide gal6sbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s ( approximately equals 40% nmol product) for over 90% nmol products. These disaccharides are separated and readily determined within 30 min by using a linear-gradient strong anion-exchange separation. A linear relationship was found for the two purified disaccharides over a wide range of concentrations, from approximately equals 108 pmol, 50 ng, to 2,160 pmol, 1,000 ng, for the disaccharide galbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s, and from 92 pmol, 50 ng, to 1,840 pmol, 1,000 ng, for the disaccharide gal6sbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s. HPLC analysis was applied to the quantitative and qualitative determination of KS produced by 3T3-J2 murine fibroblasts in the cell medium. The amount of KS was found to be 2.80+/-0.34 microg/ml/10(6) cells and composed of approximately equals 71% nmol of disaccharide galbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s and 18% nmol of the disulfated disaccharide gal6sbeta(1-->4)glcNAc6s having approximately equals 1.20 sulfate groups/disaccharide. Our data illustrate that the HPLC procedure reported represents an improved approach for the quantitative and compositional microanalyses of KS, especially applicable to experimentation involving small amounts ( approximately 50 ng) of this glycosaminoglycan and in relation to its biological function and pathological importance.
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- Nicola Volpi
- Department of Biologia Animale, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy.
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Murata T, Honda H, Hattori T, Usui T. Enzymatic synthesis of poly-N-acetyllactosamines as potential substrates for endo-β-galactosidase-catalyzed hydrolytic and transglycosylation reactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1722:60-8. [PMID: 15716127 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Enzymatic synthesis of GlcNAc-terminated poly-N-acetyllactosamine beta-glycosides GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(n)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (n=1-4) was demonstrated using a transglycosylation reaction of Escherichia freundii endo-beta-galactosidase. The enzyme catalyzed a transglycosylation reaction on GlcNAcbeta1,3Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (1), which served both as a donor and an acceptor, and converted 1 into p-nitrophenyl beta-glycosides GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(1)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (2), GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(2)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (3), GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(3)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (4) and GlcNAcbeta1,3(Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3)(4)Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (5). When 2 was used as an initial substrate, it led to the preferential synthesis of nonasaccharide beta-glycoside 4 to heptasaccharide beta-glycoside 3. This suggests that 4 is directly synthesized by transferring the tetrasaccharide unit GlcNAcbeta1,3Galbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1,3Gal to nonreducing end GlcNAc residue of 2 itself. The efficiency of production of poly-N-acetyllactosamines by E. freundii endo-beta-galactosidase was significantly enhanced by the addition of BSA and by a low-temperature condition. Resulting 2 and 3 were shown to be useful for studying endo-beta-galactosidase-catalyzed hydrolytic and transglycosylation reactions.
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- Takeomi Murata
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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Murata T, Hattori T, Honda H, Amarume S, Usui T. Kinetic Studies on Endo-.BETA.-galactosidase by a Novel Colorimetric Assay and Synthesis Poly-N-acetyllactosamines Using Its Transglycosylation Activity. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2005. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.52.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Murata T, Hattori T, Amarume S, Koichi A, Usui T. Kinetic studies on endo-beta-galactosidase by a novel colorimetric assay and synthesis of N-acetyllactosamine-repeating oligosaccharide beta-glycosides using its transglycosylation activity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:3709-19. [PMID: 12950254 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03757.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Novel chromogenic substrates for endo-beta-galactosidase were designed on the basis of the structural features of keratan sulfate. Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (2), which consists of two repeating units of N-acetyllactosamine, was synthesized enzymatically by consecutive additions of GlcNAc and Gal residues to p-nitrophenyl beta-N-acetyllactosaminide. In a similar manner, GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (1), GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Glcbeta-pNP (3), Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Glcbeta-pNP (4), Galbeta1-3GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Glcbeta-pNP (5), and Galbeta1-6GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Glcbeta-pNP (6) were synthesized as analogues of 2. Endo-beta-galactosidases released GlcNAcbeta-pNP or Glcbeta-pNP in an endo-manner from each substrate. A colorimetric assay for endo-beta-galactosidase was developed using the synthetic substrates on the basis of the determination of p-nitrophenol liberated from GlcNAcbeta-pNP or Glcbeta-pNP formed by the enzyme through a coupled reaction involving beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (beta-NAHase) or beta-d-glucosidase. Kinetic analysis by this method showed that the value of Vmax/Km of 2 for Escherichia freundii endo-beta-galactosidase was 1.7-times higher than that for keratan sulfate, indicating that 2 is very suitable as a sensitive substrate for analytical use in an endo-beta-galactosidase assay. Compound 1 still acts as a fairly good substrate despite the absence of a Gal group in the terminal position. In addition, the hydrolytic action of the enzyme toward 2 was shown to be remarkably promoted compared to that of 4 by the presence of a 2-acetamide group adjacent to the p-nitrophenyl group. This was the same in the case of a comparison of 1 and 3. Furthermore, the enzyme also catalysed a transglycosylation on 1 and converted it into GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (9) and GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta-pNP (10) as the major products, which have N-acetyllactosamine repeating units.
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- Takeomi Murata
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Shizuoka University, Japan.
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Yamagishi K, Suzuki K, Imai K, Mochizuki H, Morikawa K, Kyogashima M, Kimata K, Watanabe H. Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of a novel keratan sulfate hydrolase, endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, from Bacillus circulans. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:25766-72. [PMID: 12732618 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212183200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Keratan sulfate (KS) is degraded by various enzymes including endo-beta-galactosidase, keratanase, and keratanase II, which are used for the structural analysis of KS. We purified a novel KS hydrolase, endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, from the cell pellet and conditioned medium of Bacillus circulans, by sequential chromatography using DE52 and phenyl-Sepharose columns with approximately 63- and 180-fold purity and 58 and 12.5% recovery, respectively. Like keratanase II of Bacillus sp. Ks36, the enzyme, designated Bc keratanase II, hydrolyzed KS between the 4GlcNAcbeta1-3Gal1 structure (endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase), but not hyaluronan, heparan sulfate, heparin, and chondroitin sulfate C, demonstrating a strict specificity to KS. The enzyme digested shark cartilage KS to disaccharides and tetrasaccharides and bovine cornea KS to hexasaccharide, indicating that it prefers highly sulfated KS. Distinct from keratanase II of strain Ks36, the enzyme digested shark cartilage KS at an optimal temperature of 55 degrees C. Based on partial peptide sequencing of the enzyme, we molecularly cloned the gene, which encodes a protein with a predicted molecular mass of approximately 200 kDa. From the deduced protein sequence, Bc keratanase II contained a domain at the C terminus, homologous to the S-layer-like domain of pullulanase from Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes and endoxylanase from Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum, and a carbohydrate-binding domain, which may serve to specifically recognize KS chains. A full-length recombinant enzyme showed keratanase II activity. These results may prove useful for the structural analysis of KS toward achieving an understanding of its function.
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- Kiwamu Yamagishi
- Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Yazako, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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Ashida H, Maskos K, Li SC, Li YT. Characterization of a novel endo-beta-galactosidase specific for releasing the disaccharide GlcNAc alpha 1-->4Gal from glycoconjugates. Biochemistry 2002; 41:2388-95. [PMID: 11841232 DOI: 10.1021/bi011940e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In contrast to the beta-linked GlcNAc, the alpha-linked GlcNAc has not been commonly found in glycoconjugates. We have recently revealed the presence of an unusual endo-beta-galactosidase (Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa)) in Clostridium perfringens capable of releasing GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal from glycans expressed in the gastric mucous cell-type mucin [Ashida, H., Anderson, K., Nakayama, J., Maskos, K., Chou, C.-W., Cole, R. B., Li, S.-C., and Li, Y.-T. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 28226-28232]. To characterize Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa), we have cloned its gene, gngC, from the genomic DNA library prepared from C. perfringens ATCC10543. The gene encodes 420 amino acid residues including a 17-residue signal peptide at the N-terminus. Using pUC18, we were able to prepare 25 mg of the fully active and pure recombinant Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) from 1 L of Escherichia coli DH5alpha culture, which was 170 times higher than that produced by the original clostridial strain. Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) shares a low but significant sequence similarity with two other endo-beta-galactosidases (16-21% amino acid identity). It also shows some similarity with bacterial 1,3-1,4-beta-glucan 4-glucanohydrolases of the glycoside hydrolase family 16. Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) was found to contain the EXDX(X)E sequence (Glu-168 to Glu-173), that has been identified as the catalytic motif of families 16 and 7 retaining glycoside hydrolases. We have used site-directed mutagenesis to show that Glu-168 and Glu-173 were essential for the Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) activity. By NMR spectroscopy, Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) was found to act as a retaining enzyme.
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- Hisashi Ashida
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Plaas AH, West LA, Midura RJ. Keratan sulfate disaccharide composition determined by FACE analysis of keratanase II and endo-beta-galactosidase digestion products. Glycobiology 2001; 11:779-90. [PMID: 11588154 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/11.10.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Many tissues contain glycoproteins and proteoglycans, which are substituted with N-or O-linked keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan in which the lactosamine (-galbeta1,4glcNAc-) disaccharide backbone is variably modified by sulfation, fucosylation, and sialylation. We report here a rapid, sensitive, and quantitative procedure for obtaining a complete disaccharide compositional analyses for keratan sulfates after FACE separation of products generated by hydrolysis of the glycosaminoglycans with B. fragillis keratanase II and E. freundii endo-beta-galactosidase. Seven digestion end products are separable in a single electrophoretic step using Monosaccharide composition gels. These are: the unsulfated disaccharide, glcNAcbeta1,3gal, the fucosylated trisaccharide, galbeta1,2[fucalpha1,3]glcNAc6S, the mono- and disulfated disaccharides, galbeta1,4glcNAc6S or gal6Sbeta1,4glcNAc6S from the chain interior, and the sialylated mono- and disulfated trisaccharides neuAalpha2,3galbeta1,4glcNAc6S or neuAalpha2,3gal6Sbeta1,4glcNAc6S from the nonreducing terminus. FACE analyses also revealed the presence of a contaminant beta-galactosidase activity in keratanase II enzyme preparations which cleaves the disaccharide, galbeta1,4glcNAc6S to its constituent monosaccharides, gal and glcNAc6S. It was particularly prominent at enzyme concentrations > 2 mU per nmole substrate glcNH(2) or after prolonged digestion times (> 12 h), and was not inhibitable by thiogalactosides or N-acetyl-lactosamine. As these monosaccharide products would not be detectable using the commonly described analytical methods for KS hydrolase products, such as (1)H-NMR and HPLC analyses, our data illustrate that the FACE procedure represents an improved approach for accurate compositional microanalyses of corneal and skeletal keratan sulfates, especially applicable to experimentation involving small amounts (1-2 microg) of this glycosaminoglycan.
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- A H Plaas
- Shriners Hospital for Children, 12502 N. Pine Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Ashida H, Anderson K, Nakayama J, Maskos K, Chou CW, Cole RB, Li SC, Li YT. A novel endo-beta-galactosidase from Clostridium perfringens that liberates the disaccharide GlcNAcalpha 1-->Gal from glycans specifically expressed in the gastric gland mucous cell-type mucin. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:28226-32. [PMID: 11382776 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103589200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We found that commercially available sialidases prepared from Clostridium perfringens ATCC10543 were contaminated with an endoglycosidase capable of releasing the disaccharide GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal from glycans expressed in the gastric gland mucous cell-type mucin. We have isolated this enzyme in electrophoretically homogeneous form from the culture supernatant of this organism by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by affinity chromatography using a Sephacryl S-200 HR column. The enzyme was specifically retained by and eluted from the column with methyl-alpha-Glc. By NMR spectroscopy, the structure of the disaccharide released from porcine gastric mucin by this enzyme was established to be GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal. The specificity of this enzyme as an endo-beta-galactosidase was established by analyzing the liberation of GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal from GlcNAcalpha1-->4Galbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta1-->6(GlcNAcalpha1--> 4Galbeta1-->3)GalNAc-ol by mass spectrometry. Because this novel endo-beta-galactosidase specifically releases the GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal moiety from porcine gastric mucin, we propose to call this enzyme a GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal-releasing endo-beta-galactosidase (Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa)). Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) was found to remove the GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal epitope expressed in gastric adenocarcinoma AGS cells transfected with alpha1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase cDNA. Endo-beta-Gal(GnGa) should become useful for studying the structure and function of glycoconjugates containing the terminal GlcNAcalpha1-->4Gal epitope.
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- H Ashida
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Leng L, Zhu A, Zhang Z, Hurst R, Goldstein J. Cloning, functional expression and purification of endo-beta-galactosidase from Flavobacterium keratolyticus. Gene X 1998; 222:187-94. [PMID: 9831650 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00496-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Endo-beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.103) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes internal endo-beta-galactosyl linkages in keratan sulfate, and glycoconjugates with N-acetyl-lactosamine repeating units. Here, we report the cloning of the endo-beta-galactosidase-encoding gene from Flavobacterium keratolyticus, its expression in Escherichia coli and the purification of the enzyme. The enzyme was purified over 15000-fold to apparent homogeneity. The purified endo-beta-galactosidase consists of a single band of about 43kDa on SDS-PAGE and has a specific activity of 148micro/mg. Based on peptide sequences derived from the purified enzyme, a full-length clone encoding endo-beta-galactosidase was isolated from F. keratolyticus genomic DNA. The gene contains a single open reading frame coding for a protein of 422 amino acid residues with a putative N-terminal signal peptide. Its authenticity was confirmed by colinearity of deduced amino acid sequences with the peptide sequences, and synthesis of enzyme in E. coli.
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- L Leng
- Cell Biochemistry Laboratory, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67 Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Okino N, Tani M, Imayama S, Ito M. Purification and characterization of a novel ceramidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:14368-73. [PMID: 9603946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.23.14368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We report here a novel type of ceramidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AN17 isolated from the skin of a patient with atopic dermatitis. The enzyme was purified 83,400-fold with an overall yield of 21.1% from a culture supernatant of strain AN17. After being stained with a silver staining solution, the purified enzyme showed a single protein band, and its molecular mass was estimated to be 70 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme showed quite wide specificity for various ceramides, i.e. it hydrolyzed ceramides containing C12:0-C18:0 fatty acids and 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazole-labeled dodecanoic acid, and not only ceramide containing sphingosine (d18:1) or sphinganine (d18:0) but also phytosphingosine (t18:0) as the long-chain base. However, the enzyme did not hydrolyze galactosylceramide, sulfatide, GM1, or sphingomyelin, and thus was clearly distinguished from a Pseudomonas sphingolipid ceramide N-deacylase (Ito, M., Kurita, T., and Kita, K. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 24370-24374). This bacterial ceramidase had a pH optimum of 8.0-9.0, an apparent Km of 139 microM, and a Vmax of 5.3 micromol/min/mg using N-palmitoylsphingosine as the substrate. The enzyme appears to require Ca2+ for expression of the activity. Interestingly, the 70-kDa protein catalyzed a reversible reaction in which the N-acyl linkage of ceramide was either cleaved or synthesized. Our study demonstrated that ceramidase is widely distributed from bacteria to mammals.
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- N Okino
- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Ito M, Kurita T, Kita K. A novel enzyme that cleaves the N-acyl linkage of ceramides in various glycosphingolipids as well as sphingomyelin to produce their lyso forms. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:24370-4. [PMID: 7592649 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.41.24370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We describe a novel enzyme that hydrolyzes the N-acyl linkage between fatty acids and sphingosine bases in ceramides of various sphingolipids. The enzyme was purified about 3000-fold with 5% recovery from the culture filtrate of a newly isolated bacterium (Pseudomonas sp. TK4) by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by several steps of high performance liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme preparation was completely free of exoglycosidases, sphingomyelinase, and proteases, and showed a single protein band corresponding to a molecular mass of 52 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis after staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue. The enzyme shows quite wide specificity, i.e. it hydrolyzes both neutral and acidic glycosphingolipids, and simple glycosphingolipid cerebrosides to polysialogangliosides such as GQ1b. Furthermore the enzyme also hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to produce the respective lyso form. However, the enzyme shows hardly any activity on ceramides, indicating that it is completely different from the ceramidase (EC 3.5.1.23) reported previously. This enzyme, which is tentatively named sphingolipid ceramide N-deacylase, should greatly facilitate the further study of sphingolipids as well as lysosphingolipids.
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- M Ito
- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ridgwell K, Eyers S, Mawby W, Anstee D, Tanner M. Studies on the glycoprotein associated with Rh (rhesus) blood group antigen expression in the human red blood cell membrane. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37387-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Li YT, Li SC. Ceramide glycanase from the leech Macrobdella decora and oligosaccharide-transferring activity. Methods Enzymol 1994; 242:146-58. [PMID: 7891572 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(94)42016-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Y T Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
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Ito M, Ikegami Y, Yamagata T. Kinetics of endoglycoceramidase action toward cell-surface glycosphingolipids of erythrocytes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 218:645-9. [PMID: 8269955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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As shown in the preceding paper [Ito, M., Ikegami, Y., Tai, T. & Yamagata, T. (1993) Eur. J. Biochem. 218, 637-643], endoglycoceramidase (EGCase; EC.3.2.1.123) was found to hydrolyze the cell-surface glycosphingolipids (GSLs) of erythrocytes without any damage to other cell membrane components. This paper represents the kinetics of EGCase action toward cell-surface GSLs of erythrocytes. Without activator or detergents, cell-surface GSLs were found to be hydrolyzed by EGCase II very slowly at pH 7.0. The initial reaction velocity of EGCase II under this condition was 0.038 pmol.min-1.mU-1 for horse erythrocyte cell-surface GM3 and 0.032 pmol.min-1.mU-1 for guinea pig erythrocyte cell-surface Gg3Cer. The addition of activator protein (60 microM), which stimulates EGCase II in the absence of detergents, increased the initial reaction velocity of the enzyme 616-fold for cell-surface GM3 and 468-fold for Gg3Cer, while no increased hemolysis was observed with the addition of activator. However, even in the presence of the activator, the cell-surface GSLs were very resistant to hydrolysis by EGCase II compared to GSL vesicles (or micelles) under same conditions. In contrast to the activator, Triton X-100 (0.4%, mass/vol.) not only stimulated the enzyme activity but also solubilized erythrocyte GSLs into detergent micelles, inducing further increment of the enzyme reaction velocity. The apparent Km and Vmax values of EGCase II were calculated from the Lineweaver-Burk plot as 47 microM and 35 pmol min-1 mU-1 for horse erythrocyte cell-surface GM3 and 44 microM and 27 pmol.min-1.mU-1 for guinea pig erythrocyte cell-surface Gg3Cer, at pH 7.0 in the presence of activator at a concentration of 60 microM.
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- M Ito
- Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Research, Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Diaz RE, Pfeiler E. Glycosidase and sulfatase activities and their possible role in keratan sulfate degradation in metamorphosing bonefish (Albula sp.) leptocephali. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 12:261-268. [PMID: 24202868 DOI: 10.1007/bf00004411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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During metamorphosis of leptocephalous larvae of the bonefish (Albula sp.), keratan sulfate, the principal glycosaminoglycan of the extracellular gelatinous body matrix, is degraded. Artificial substrates have been utilized to demonstrate the presence of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase, β-galactosidase and sulfatase activities in whole-body homogenates of early metamorphosing leptocephali. The concerted action of these enzymes has been shown to degrade the keratan sulfate polymer in other tissues. This paper describes the extraction, partial purification and some of the physical and kinetic properties of these enzymes. Additionally, starch gel electrophoresis was used to follow glycosidase activities in early, intermediate and advanced metamorphosing larvae. No differences were observed in electrophoretic migration or banding pattern of either β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or β-galactosidase during metamorphosis.
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- R E Diaz
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00681, USA
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Takagaki K, Nakamura T, Takeda Y, Daidouji K, Endo M. A new endo-beta-galactosidase acting on the Gal beta 1-3Gal linkage of the proteoglycan linkage region. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36998-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Li Y, Carter B, Rao B, Schweingruber H, Li S. Synthesis of neoglycoconjugates using oligosaccharide transferring activity of ceramide glycanase. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99075-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Li YT, Nakagawa H, Ross SA, Hansson GC, Li SC. A novel sialidase which releases 2,7-anhydro-alpha-N-acetylneuraminic acid from sialoglycoconjugates. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45787-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Takagaki K, Kon A, Kawasaki H, Nakamura T, Tamura S, Endo M. Presence of an endo-beta-galactosidase degrading the linkage region between the chondroitin sulfate chain and core peptide of proteoglycan. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 169:15-21. [PMID: 2112379 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)91426-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pyridylamino chondroitin sulfate, of which the reducing terminal xylose was coupled with a fluorescent 2-aminopyridine, was incubated at pH 4.0 with an extract from the mid-gut gland of Patnopecten. The high- and low-molecular-weight products were separated by ethanol precipitation, and identified by high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. The enzyme was found to expose a galactose residue at the reducing terminus of chondroitin sulfate, and also released the pyridylamino disaccharide, galactosylxylose, from the reducing terminal site of pyridylamino chondroitin sulfate. These results suggest that endo-beta-galactosidase activity, which hydrolyzes the galactosylgalactose linkage of peptidochondroitin sulfate, is present in the mid-gut gland of Patnopecten.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ito M, Yamagata T. Purification and Characterization of Glycosphingolipid-Specific Endoglycosidases (Endoglycoceramidases) from a Mutant Strain of Rhodococcus sp. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60561-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Li YT, Li SC. Ceramide glycanase from leech, Hirudo medicinalis, and earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. Methods Enzymol 1989; 179:479-87. [PMID: 2695772 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(89)79147-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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DeGasperi R, Li SC, Li YT. A GM2-specific beta-hexosaminidase from the roe of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus). J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)57304-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Li YT, Ishikawa Y, Li SC. Occurrence of ceramide-glycanase in the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 149:167-72. [PMID: 3689409 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)91619-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have detected the presence of ceramide-glycanase in the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. We have also devised a simple method for the preparation of this enzyme from the earthworm. This enzyme cleaved the linkage between the ceramide and the glycan chain in LacCer, GbOse3Cer, GbOse4Cer, GbOse5Cer, GM3, GM2, GM1 and GD1a. By using tritium-labeled GM2 as substrate, the optimum pH of this enzyme was found to be between pH 4 and 4.5. In the earthworm, the ceramide-glycanase was mainly found in the muscle. The intestine was found to contain a very low level of this enzyme. Because of their easy availability, earthworms should become a convenient source for the preparation of ceramide-glycanase.
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- Y T Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La. 70112
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Scudder P, Lawson AM, Hounsell EF, Carruthers RA, Childs RA, Feiz T. Characterisation of oligosaccharides released from human-blood-group O erythrocyte glycopeptides by the endo-beta-galactosidase of Bacteroides fragilis. A study of the enzyme susceptibility of branched poly(N-acetyllactosamine) structures. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 168:585-93. [PMID: 3117549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13457.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Desialylated human blood group O erythrocyte glycopeptides were digested with the endo-beta-galactosidase of Bacteroides fragilis and the enzyme-released products reduced with NaBH4 and purified by Bio-Gel P-4 chromatography. Three linear and six branched oligosaccharides of poly(N-acetylllactosamine) type, which together accounted for 90% of the oligosaccharide alditols, were characterised by fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry and gas-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Linkage and composition data were obtained for the remaining material. The salient findings were (a) the branched oligosaccharide alditols each contained the sequence: (Formula: see text) and (b) there was no evidence for the terminal branch-point sequence: (Formula: see text). Together these observations indicate that, as with erythrocyte glycolipids described previously [Scudder, P., Hanfland, P., Uemura, K. & Feizi, T. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 6586-6592], the endo-beta-galactosidase of Bacteroides fragilis cannot hydrolyse branch-point beta-galactosidic linkages on erythrocyte membrane glycopeptides.
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- P Scudder
- Section of Clinical Mass Spectrometry, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, England
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Structure and immunochemistry of an oligosaccharide repeating unit of the capsular polysaccharide of type III group B Streptococcus. A revised structure for the type III group B streptococcal polysaccharide antigen. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47558-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Li SC, DeGasperi R, Muldrey JE, Li YT. A unique glycosphingolipid-splitting enzyme (ceramide-glycanase from leech) cleaves the linkage between the oligosaccharide and the ceramide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1986; 141:346-52. [PMID: 3801005 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(86)80375-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A novel type of enzyme which hydrolyzes the linkage between the ceramide and the sugar chain in various glycosphingolipids has been found in the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. This enzyme releases the intact oligosaccharide from LacCer, GbOse3Cer, GbOse4Cer, GbOse5Cer, nLcOse4Cer, GM3, GM2, GM1, GD1a and GT1 with the concurrent release of ceramides. By using tritium-labeled GM1 as substrate we found the optimum pH of this enzyme to be between pH 4 and 5. Since the enzyme cleaves the linkage between the ceramide and the sugar chain in various glycosphingolipids with no apparent preference toward the sugar chain, we propose to call this enzyme ceramide-glycanase.
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Horton DS, Michelacci YM. Mucopolysaccharidases from Pseudomonas sp. Isolation and partial characterization of constitutive enzymes involved in the degradation of keratan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1986; 161:139-47. [PMID: 2946580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb10134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Four constitutive enzymes, capable of degrading keratan sulfate, were isolated from Pseudomonas sp.: a particulate endoglycosidase, a soluble endoglycosidase, a soluble exo-beta-D-galactosidase and a soluble exo-beta-D-N-acetylglucosaminidase. The endoglycosidases were shown to act only upon keratan sulfate forming beta-D-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-6-O-sulfoglucosyl-(1----3)-D-galactose, as the main product. This results indicates that the enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of beta-D-galactose-(1----4)-N-acetylglucosamine linkages. It was also shown that this monosulfated disaccharide inhibits the particulate keratan sulfate endoglycosidase. The bovine nucleus pulposus keratan sulfate is depolymerized at a lower rate and extent when compared to the corneal keratan sulfate. The soluble endoglycosidase is very labile, in contrast to the particulate enzyme, which has been stored at -20 degrees C or at 4 degrees C for at least 12 months with no loss in activity. The particulate endoglycosidase and the soluble exo-beta-D-galactosidase and exo-beta-D-N-acetylglucosaminidase are induced when the bacteria is grown in adaptative media containing either 0.1% keratan sulfate or 0.1% chondroitin sulfate. Furthermore, particulate forms of the exoenzymes were detected. The soluble endoglycosidase specific activity, in contrast, is approximately the same in extracts of cells grown in glucose, keratan sulfate or chondroitin sulfate. A chondroitin sulfate lyase was also identified in the soluble extracts of Pseudomonas sp. cells. This enzyme depolymerizes chondroitin 4-sulfate, chondroitin 6-sulfate and hyaluronic acid forming unsaturated disaccharides as main products. It is also active upon the glucuronic-acid-containing regions of the dermatan sulfate molecules. The properties of the soluble enzymes, further purified by ion-exchange chromatography, and of the particulate keratan sulfate endoglycosidase are presented.
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Yamashita K, Hitoi A, Tateishi N, Higashi T, Sakamoto Y, Kobata A. The structures of the carbohydrate moieties of mouse kidney gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase: occurrence of X-antigenic determinants and bisecting N-acetylglucosamine residues. Arch Biochem Biophys 1985; 240:573-82. [PMID: 2411221 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(85)90064-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Paper electrophoresis and Bio-Gel P-4 column chromatography of the oligosaccharides released from mouse kidney gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase by hydrazinolysis gave fractionation patterns quite distinct from those of the bovine and rat kidney enzymes. Structural studies of the fractionated oligosaccharides by sequential exoglycosidase digestion in combination with methylation analysis showed that mouse kidney gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase contains a series of bisected complex-type asparagine-linked sugar chains with the following oligosaccharides as their outer chain moieties: GlcNAc beta 1----, Sia alpha 2----Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----, Gal beta 1----4(Fuc alpha 1----3)GlcNAc beta 1----, and sialylated N-acetyllactosamine repeating sugar chains. Some of these sugar chains were found for the first time in glycoproteins.
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Chou KH, Nolan CE, Jungalwala FB. Subcellular fractionation of rat sciatic nerve and specific localization of ganglioside LM1 in rat nerve myelin. J Neurochem 1985; 44:1898-912. [PMID: 3989569 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb07186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Subcellular fractionation of rat sciatic nerve was developed to determine the specific localization of gangliosides in the nerve membrane fractions. Myelin, microsomal, and a plasma membrane-like fraction were isolated and purified by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. These subfractions were characterized by electron microscopy, marker enzyme assays, and their protein and lipid profile. In rat sciatic nerve myelin, 90 mol% of the total gangliosides were monosialogangliosides. LM1 (sialosyl-lactoneotetraosylceramide) (61 mol%) and GM3 (21%) were the major gangliosides of the rat nerve myelin. Two other neolacto series of gangliosides, viz., sialosyl-lactoneonorhexaosylceramide and sialosyl-lactoneooctaosylceramide, were also localized mostly in the myelin fraction. GM1 was only a minor (less than 2%) ganglioside in myelin. The ganglioside patterns of the microsomal and plasma membrane-like fractions were similar with minor quantitative differences and were entirely different from that of myelin. Monosialogangliosides were approximately 70-75 mol% of the total in these fractions. The major gangliosides of the microsomal and plasma membrane-like fractions were GM3 (approximately 40%) and GM1 (approximately 20%). LM1 in these fractions was minimal (less than approximately 5%). Significant amounts of GM3 with N-glycolylneuraminic acid (approximately 10%) and GM1b (4-14%) were also identified in the microsomal and plasma membrane-like fractions but not in myelin. These and the higher lactoneo series of gangliosides have not been previously reported to be present in the rat nervous system. Almost exclusive localization of LM1 in myelin in rat peripheral nervous system is consistent with our previous observation that deposition of LM1 in the nerve with age was very similar to that of myelin marker lipids cerebrosides and sulfatides.
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Mizoguchi A, Takasaki S, Maeda S, Kobata A. Changes in asparagine-linked sugar chains of human promyelocytic leukemic cells (HL-60) during monocytoid differentiation and myeloid differentiation. Decrease of high-molecular-weight oligosaccharides in acidic fraction. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)71303-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Rüter ER, Kresse H. Partial purification and characterization of 3'-phosphoadenylylsulfate:keratan sulfate sulfotransferases. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)71278-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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