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Alexander JAN, Locher KP. Emerging structural insights into C-type glycosyltransferases. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 79:102547. [PMID: 36827761 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Glycosyltransferases of the C superfamily (GT-Cs) are enzymes found in all domains of life. They catalyse the stepwise synthesis of oligosaccharides or the transfer of assembled glycans from lipid-linked donor substrates to acceptor proteins. The processes mediated by GT-Cs are required for C-, N- and O-linked glycosylation, all of which are essential post-translational modifications in higher-order eukaryotes. Until recently, GT-Cs were thought to share a conserved structural module of 7 transmembrane helices; however, recently determined GT-C structures revealed novel folds. Here we analyse the growing diversity of GT-C folds and discuss the emergence of two subclasses, termed GT-CA and GT-CB. Further substrate-bound structures are needed to facilitate a molecular understanding of glycan recognition and catalysis in these two subclasses.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Eyring J, Lin CW, Ngwa EM, Boilevin J, Pesciullesi G, Locher KP, Darbre T, Reymond JL, Aebi M. Substrate specificities and reaction kinetics of the yeast oligosaccharyltransferase isoforms. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100809. [PMID: 34023382 PMCID: PMC8191290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) catalyzes the central step in N-linked protein glycosylation, the transfer of a preassembled oligosaccharide from its lipid carrier onto asparagine residues of secretory proteins. The prototypic hetero-octameric OST complex from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae exists as two isoforms that contain either Ost3p or Ost6p, both noncatalytic subunits. These two OST complexes have different protein substrate specificities in vivo. However, their detailed biochemical mechanisms and the basis for their different specificities are not clear. The two OST complexes were purified from genetically engineered strains expressing only one isoform. The kinetic properties and substrate specificities were characterized using a quantitative in vitro glycosylation assay with short peptides and different synthetic lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) substrates. We found that the peptide sequence close to the glycosylation sequon affected peptide affinity and turnover rate. The length of the lipid moiety affected LLO affinity, while the lipid double-bond stereochemistry had a greater influence on LLO turnover rates. The two OST complexes had similar affinities for both the peptide and LLO substrates but showed significantly different turnover rates. These data provide the basis for a functional analysis of the Ost3p and Ost6p subunits.
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- Jillianne Eyring
- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Functional Genomics Center Zürich, University of Zürich/ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Jaroentomeechai T, Taw MN, Li M, Aquino A, Agashe N, Chung S, Jewett MC, DeLisa MP. Cell-Free Synthetic Glycobiology: Designing and Engineering Glycomolecules Outside of Living Cells. Front Chem 2020; 8:645. [PMID: 32850660 PMCID: PMC7403607 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glycans and glycosylated biomolecules are directly involved in almost every biological process as well as the etiology of most major diseases. Hence, glycoscience knowledge is essential to efforts aimed at addressing fundamental challenges in understanding and improving human health, protecting the environment and enhancing energy security, and developing renewable and sustainable resources that can serve as the source of next-generation materials. While much progress has been made, there remains an urgent need for new tools that can overexpress structurally uniform glycans and glycoconjugates in the quantities needed for characterization and that can be used to mechanistically dissect the enzymatic reactions and multi-enzyme assembly lines that promote their construction. To address this technology gap, cell-free synthetic glycobiology has emerged as a simplified and highly modular framework to investigate, prototype, and engineer pathways for glycan biosynthesis and biomolecule glycosylation outside the confines of living cells. From nucleotide sugars to complex glycoproteins, we summarize here recent efforts that harness the power of cell-free approaches to design, build, test, and utilize glyco-enzyme reaction networks that produce desired glycomolecules in a predictable and controllable manner. We also highlight novel cell-free methods for shedding light on poorly understood aspects of diverse glycosylation processes and engineering these processes toward desired outcomes. Taken together, cell-free synthetic glycobiology represents a promising set of tools and techniques for accelerating basic glycoscience research (e.g., deciphering the "glycan code") and its application (e.g., biomanufacturing high-value glycomolecules on demand).
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- Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai
- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Graduate Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
- Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
- Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
- Graduate Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Glycosylation is one of the most prevalent posttranslational modifications that profoundly affects the structure and functions of proteins in a wide variety of biological recognition events. However, the structural complexity and heterogeneity of glycoproteins, usually resulting from the variations of glycan components and/or the sites of glycosylation, often complicates detailed structure-function relationship studies and hampers the therapeutic applications of glycoproteins. To address these challenges, various chemical and biological strategies have been developed for producing glycan-defined homogeneous glycoproteins. This review highlights recent advances in the development of chemoenzymatic methods for synthesizing homogeneous glycoproteins, including the generation of various glycosynthases for synthetic purposes, endoglycosidase-catalyzed glycoprotein synthesis and glycan remodeling, and direct enzymatic glycosylation of polypeptides and proteins. The scope, limitation, and future directions of each method are discussed.
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- Chao Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Lehrman MA. Stimulation of N-Linked Glycosylation and Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide Synthesis by Stress Responses in Metazoan Cells. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 41:51-75. [PMID: 16595294 DOI: 10.1080/10409230500542575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses comprising the unfolded protein response (UPR) are activated by conditions that disrupt folding and assembly of proteins inside the ER lumenal compartment. Conditions known to be proximal triggers of the UPR include saturation of chaperones with misfolded protein, redox imbalance, disruption of Ca2+ levels, interference with N-linked glycosylation, and failure to dispose of terminally misfolded proteins. Potentially, ER stress responses can reprogram cells to correct all of these problems and thereby restore ER function to normal. This article will review literature on stimulation of N-linked glycosylation by ER stress responses, focusing on metazoan systems. The mechanisms involved will be contrasted with those mediating stimulation of N-linked glycosylation by cytoplasmic stress responses. This information will interest readers who study the biological roles of stress responses, the functions of N-linked glycans, and potential strategies for treatment of genetic disorders of N-linked glycosylation.
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- Mark A Lehrman
- Department of Pharmacology, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9041, USA.
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Naderer T, Wee E, McConville MJ. Role of hexosamine biosynthesis inLeishmaniagrowth and virulence. Mol Microbiol 2008; 69:858-69. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wang LX. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of glycopeptides and glycoproteins through endoglycosidase-catalyzed transglycosylation. Carbohydr Res 2008; 343:1509-22. [PMID: 18405887 PMCID: PMC2519876 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2008.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2008] [Revised: 03/16/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Homogeneous glycopeptides and glycoproteins are indispensable for detailed structural and functional studies of glycoproteins. It is also fundamentally important to correct glycosylation patterns for developing effective glycoprotein-based therapeutics. This review discusses a useful chemoenzymatic method that takes advantage of the endoglycosidase-catalyzed transglycosylation to attach an intact oligosaccharide to a polypeptide in a single step, without the need for any protecting groups. The exploration of sugar oxazolines (enzymatic reaction intermediates) as donor substrates has not only expanded substrate availability, but also has significantly enhanced the enzymatic transglycosylation efficiency. Moreover, the discovery of a novel mutant with glycosynthase-like activity has made it possible to synthesize homogeneous glycoproteins with full-size natural N-glycans. Recent advances in this highly convergent chemoenzymatic approach and its application for glycopeptide and glycoprotein synthesis are highlighted.
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- Lai-Xi Wang
- Institute of Human Virology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Kelleher DJ, Banerjee S, Cura AJ, Samuelson J, Gilmore R. Dolichol-linked oligosaccharide selection by the oligosaccharyltransferase in protist and fungal organisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:29-37. [PMID: 17403929 PMCID: PMC2064103 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The dolichol-linked oligosaccharide Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-PP-Dol is the in vivo donor substrate synthesized by most eukaryotes for asparagine-linked glycosylation. However, many protist organisms assemble dolichol-linked oligosaccharides that lack glucose residues. We have compared donor substrate utilization by the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) from Trypanosoma cruzi, Entamoeba histolytica, Trichomonas vaginalis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae using structurally homogeneous dolichol-linked oligosaccharides as well as a heterogeneous dolichol-linked oligosaccharide library. Our results demonstrate that the OST from diverse organisms utilizes the in vivo oligo saccharide donor in preference to certain larger and/or smaller oligosaccharide donors. Steady-state enzyme kinetic experiments reveal that the binding affinity of the tripeptide acceptor for the protist OST complex is influenced by the structure of the oligosaccharide donor. This rudimentary donor substrate selection mechanism has been refined in fungi and vertebrate organisms by the addition of a second, regulatory dolichol-linked oligosaccharide binding site, the presence of which correlates with acquisition of the SWP1/ribophorin II subunit of the OST complex.
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- Daniel J Kelleher
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Lehrman MA. Teaching dolichol-linked oligosaccharides more tricks with alternatives to metabolic radiolabeling. Glycobiology 2007; 17:75R-85R. [PMID: 17384121 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The dolichol cycle involves synthesis of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-P-P-dolichol (G(3)M(9)Gn(2)-P-P-Dol), transfer of G(3)M(9)Gn(2) to asparaginyl residues of nascent endoplasmic reticulum (ER) polypeptides by oligosaccharyltransferase (OT), and recycling of the resultant Dol-P-P to Dol-P for new rounds of LLO synthesis. The importance of the dolichol cycle in secretory and membrane protein biosynthesis, ER function, and human genetic disease is now widely accepted. Elucidation of the fundamental properties of the dolichol cycle in intact cells was achieved through the use of radioactive sugar precursors, typically [(3)H]-labeled or [(14)C]-labeled d-mannose, d-galactose, or d-glucosamine. However, difficulties were encountered with cells or tissues not amenable to metabolic labeling, or in experiments influenced by isotope dilution, variable rates of LLO turnover, or special culture conditions required for the use of radioactive sugars. This article will review recently developed alternatives for LLO analysis that do not rely upon metabolic labeling with radioactive precursors, and thereby circumvent these problems. New information revealed by these methods with regard to regulation, genetic disorders, and evolution of the dolichol cycle, as well as caveats of radiolabeling techniques, will be discussed.
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- Mark A Lehrman
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390-9041, USA.
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Gao N, Lehrman MA. Non-radioactive analysis of lipid-linked oligosaccharide compositions by fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis. Methods Enzymol 2006; 415:3-20. [PMID: 17116464 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)15001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) are the donors of glycans that modify newly synthesized proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotes, resulting in formation of N-linked glycoproteins. The vast majority of LLO analyses have relied on metabolic labeling with radioactive sugar precursors, but these approaches have technical limitations resulting in many important questions about LLO synthesis being left unanswered. Here we describe the application of a facile non-radioactive technique, fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE), which circumvents these limitations. With FACE, steady-state LLO compositions can be determined quantitatively from cell cultures and animal tissues. We also present FACE methods for analysis of phosphosugars and nucleotide sugars, which are metabolic precursors of LLOs.
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- Ningguo Gao
- Department of Pharmacology, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Kelleher DJ, Gilmore R. An evolving view of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase. Glycobiology 2005; 16:47R-62R. [PMID: 16317064 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwj066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 403] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Asparagine-linked glycosylation (ALG) is one of the most common protein modification reactions in eukaryotic cells, as many proteins that are translocated across or integrated into the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) carry N-linked oligosaccharides. Although the primary focus of this review will be the structure and function of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase (OST), key findings provided by the analysis of the archaebacterial and eubacterial OST homologues will be reviewed, particularly those that provide insight into the recognition of donor and acceptor substrates. Selection of the fully assembled donor substrate will be considered in the context of the family of human diseases known as congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG). The yeast and vertebrate OST are surprisingly complex hetero-oligomeric proteins consisting of seven or eight subunits (Ost1p, Ost2p, Ost3p/Ost6p, Ost4p, Ost5p, Stt3p, Wbp1p, and Swp1p in yeast; ribophorin I, DAD1, N33/IAP, OST4, STT3A/STT3B, Ost48, and ribophorin II in mammals). Recent findings from several laboratories have provided overwhelming evidence that the STT3 subunit is critical for catalytic activity. Here, we will consider the evolution and assembly of the eukaryotic OST in light of recent genomic evidence concerning the subunit composition of the enzyme in diverse eukaryotes.
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- Daniel J Kelleher
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605-2324, USA
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Rush JS, Waechter CJ. Assay for the transbilayer movement of polyisoprenoid-linked saccharides based on the transport of water-soluble analogues. Methods 2005; 35:316-22. [PMID: 15804602 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Flippases are a class of membrane proteins that are proposed to facilitate the transbilayer movement of amphipathic polar lipids that are required for membrane biogenesis and the assembly of many diverse complex glycoconjugates in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Despite their crucial roles in membrane biology, very little is known about their structures and the precise mechanism(s) by which they overcome the biophysical barriers of the hydrophobic core, and allow polar head groups to traverse membrane bilayers. This chapter presents methods based on the transport of water-soluble analogues that can be applied to investigate membrane proteins mediating the transverse diffusion of polyisoprenoid-linked glycolipid intermediates involved in the biosynthesis of N-linked glycoproteins, glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors and bacterial polysaccharides.
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- Jeffrey S Rush
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Gao N. Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis: a sensitive and accurate method for the direct analysis of dolichol pyrophosphate-linked oligosaccharides in cell cultures and tissues. Methods 2005; 35:323-7. [PMID: 15804603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2004.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) such as Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-P-P-dolichol are the precursors of asparagine (N)-linked glycans, which are essential information carriers in many biological systems, and defects in LLO synthesis cause Type I Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. Due to the low abundance of LLOs and the limitations of the chemical and physical methods previously used to detect them, almost all studies of LLO synthesis have relied upon metabolic labeling of the oligosaccharides with radioactive sugar precursors such as [3H]mannose or [14C]glucosamine. In this article, a procedure is presented for a facile, accurate, and sensitive non-radioactive method for LLO analysis based on fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE). First, LLOs are extracted and partially purified. Next, oligosaccharides released from LLOs are labeled with negatively charged fluorophores: 8-aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonate (ANTS) or 7-amino-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (ANDS). A specialized form of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is then used to resolve and measure ANTS or ANDS labeled oligosaccharides. Finally, the resolved oligosaccharides are detected and quantified by fluorescence imagers using CCD cameras.
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- Ningguo Gao
- Department of Pharmacology, UT-Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9041, USA.
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Gao N, Lehrman MA. Analyses of dolichol pyrophosphate-linked oligosaccharides in cell cultures and tissues by fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis. Glycobiology 2002; 12:353-60. [PMID: 12070078 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.5.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) are the precursors of asparagine (N)-linked glycans, which are essential information carriers in many biological systems, and defects in LLO synthesis cause Type I congenital disorders of glycosylation. Due to the low abundance of LLOs and the limitations of the chemical and physical methods previously used to detect them, simple and sensitive nonradioactive methods for LLO analysis are lacking. Thus, almost all studies of LLO synthesis have relied on metabolic labeling of the oligosaccharides with radioactive sugar precursors. We report that LLOs in cell cultures and tissues can be easily detected and quantified with a sensitivity of 1-2 pmol by fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE). These analyses required efficient removal of contaminants, most likely trace quantities of glycogen breakdown products, that interfered with FACE. Studies with CHO-K1 cells showed that LLOs detected by FACE and by metabolic labeling had similar turnover rates. Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-P-P-dolichol was the most prominent LLO detected by FACE in normal cultured cells and mouse tissues. However, the relative amounts of Glc(0-2)Man(5-9)GlcNAc(2)-P-P-dolichol intermediates in tissues, such as liver and kidney, were unexpectedly greater than for cultured cells. IV injection of D-mannose, raising the circulatory concentration by three- to fourfold, did not affect LLO composition. Thus, the relative accumulation of LLO intermediates in mouse liver and kidney is not likely due to inadequate D-mannose in the circulation. In summary, FACE is a facile, accurate, and sensitive method for LLO analysis, permitting investigations not feasible by metabolic labeling.
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- Ningguo Gao
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas 75390-9041, USA
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Kelleher DJ, Karaoglu D, Gilmore R. Large-scale isolation of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides with homogeneous oligosaccharide structures: determination of steady-state dolichol-linked oligosaccharide compositions. Glycobiology 2001; 11:321-33. [PMID: 11358881 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/11.4.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The dolichol-linked oligosaccharide donor (Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol) for N-linked glycosylation of proteins is assembled in a series of reactions that initiate on the cytoplasmic face of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and terminate within the lumen. The biochemical analysis of the oligosaccharyltransferase and the glycosyltransferases that mediate assembly of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides (OS-PP-Dol) has been hindered by the lack of structurally homogeneous substrate preparations. We have developed an improved method for the preparative-scale isolation of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides from vertebrate tissues and yeast cells. Preparations that were highly enriched in either Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol or Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol were obtained from porcine pancreas and a Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol preparation was obtained from an alg3 yeast culture. Chromatography of the OS-PP-Dol preparations on an aminopropyl silica column was used to obtain dolichol-linked oligosaccharides with defined structures. A single chromatography step could achieve near-baseline resolution of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides that differed by one sugar residue. A sensitive oligosaccharyltransferase endpoint assay was used to determine the concentration and composition of the OS-PP-Dol preparations. Typical yields of Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol, Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol, and Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol ranged between 5 and 15 nmol per chromatographic run. The homogeneity of these preparations ranged between 85 and 98% with respect to oligosaccharide composition. Purification of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides from cultures of alg mutant yeast strains provides a general method to obtain authentic OS-PP-Dol assembly intermediates of high purity. The analytical methods described here can be used to accurately evaluate the steady-state dolichol-linked oligosaccharide compositions of wild-type and mutant cell lines.
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- D J Kelleher
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655-0103, USA
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[reaction: see text] Direct synthetic access to glycosyl-1-phosphates is accomplished with the dehydrative coupling of carbohydrate hemiacetals and dialkyl phosphates, employing dibenzothiophene-5-oxide and triflic anhydride. The procedure offers a new and versatile method for efficient preparation of a host of glycosyl-1-phosphates of variable structure with good control over anomeric selectivity.
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- B A Garcia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Doerrler WT, Lehrman MA. Regulation of the dolichol pathway in human fibroblasts by the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:13050-5. [PMID: 10557271 PMCID: PMC23898 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.23.13050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Accumulation of unfolded proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotic cells triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR), which activates transcription of several genes encoding ER chaperones and folding enzymes. This study reports that conversion of dolichol-linked Man(2-5)GlcNAc(2) intermediates into mature Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) oligosaccharides in primary human adult dermal fibroblasts is also stimulated by the UPR. This stimulation was not evident in several immortal cell lines and did not require a cytoplasmic stress response. Inhibition of dolichol-linked Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) synthesis by glucose deprivation could be counteracted by the UPR, improving the transfer of Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) to asparagine residues on nascent polypeptides. Glycosidic processing of asparagine-linked Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) in the ER leads to the production of monoglucosylated oligosaccharides that promote interaction with the lectin chaperones calreticulin and calnexin. Thus, control of the dolichol-linked Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) supply gives the UPR the potential to maintain efficient protein folding in the ER without new synthesis of chaperones or folding enzymes.
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- W T Doerrler
- Cell Regulation Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235-9041, USA
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Reddy A, Gibbs BS, Liu YL, Coward JK, Changchien LM, Maley F. Glycosylation of the overlapping sequons in yeast external invertase: effect of amino acid variation on site selectivity in vivo and in vitro. Glycobiology 1999; 9:547-55. [PMID: 10336987 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.6.547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Yeast invertase contains 14 sequons, all of which are glycosylated to varying degrees except for sequon 5 which is marginally glycosylated, if at all. This sequon overlaps with sequon 4 in a sequence consisting of Asn92-Asn93-Thr94-Ser95(Reddy et al., 1988, J. Biol. Chem., 263, 6978-6985). To determine whether glycosylation at Asn93is sterically hindered by the oligosaccharide on Asn92, the latter amino acid was converted to a glutamine residue by site-directed mutagenesis of the SUC2 gene in a plasmid vector which was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A glycopeptide encompassing sequons 3 through 6 was purified from a tryptic digest of the mutagenized invertase and sequenced by Edman degradation, which revealed that Asn93 of sequon 5 contained very little, if any, carbohydrate, despite the elimination of sequon 4. When Ser and Thr were inverted to yield Asn-Asn-Ser-Thr carbohydrate was associated primarily with the second sequon, in agreement with numerous studies indicating that Asn-X-Thr is preferred to Asn-X-Ser as an oligosaccharide acceptor. However, when the invertase overlapping sequons were converted to Asn-Asn-Ser-Ser, both sequons were clearly glycosylated, with the latter sequon predominating. These findings rule out steric hindrance as a factor involved in preventing the glycosylation of sequon 5 in invertase. Comparable results were obtained using an in vitro system with sequon-containing tri- and tetrapeptides acceptors, in addition to larger oligosaccharide acceptors.
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- A Reddy
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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