Glycosylation sites and site-specific glycosylation in human Tamm- Horsfall glycoprotein |
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Authors: | van Rooijen JJ; Voskamp AF; Kamerling JP; Vliegenthart JF |
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Institution: | Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80075, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | The N-glycosylation sites of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein from one
healthy male donor have been characterized, based on an approach using
endoproteinase Glu-C (V-8 protease, Staphylococcus aureus ) digestion and a
combination of chromatographic techniques, automated Edman sequencing, and
fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Seven out of the eight potential
N-glycosylation sites, namely, Asn52, Asn56, Asn208, Asn251, Asn298,
Asn372, and Asn489, turned out to be glycosylated, and the potential
glycosylation site at Asn14, being close to the N-terminus, is not used.
The carbohydrate microheterogeneity on three of the glycosylation sites was
studied in more detail by high-pH anion-exchange chromatographic profiling
and 500 MHz1H-NMR spectroscopy. Glycosylation site Asn489 contains mainly
di- and tri-charged oligosaccharides which comprise, among others, the
GalNAc4 S (beta1-4)GlcNAc terminal sequence. Only glycosylation site Asn251
bears oligomannose-type carbohydrate chains ranging from Man5GlcNAc2to
Man8GlcNAc2, in addition to a small amount of complex- type structures.
Profiling of the carbohydrate moieties of Asn208 indicates a large
heterogeneity, similar to that established for native human Tamm-Horsfall
glycoprotein, namely, multiply charged complex-type carbohydrate
structures, terminated by sulfate groups, sialic acid residues, and/or the
Sda-determinant.
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