Isoform-specific O-glycosylation by murine UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N- acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-T3, in vivo |
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Authors: | Nehrke K; Hagen FK; Tabak LA |
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Institution: | Department of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14648, USA. |
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Abstract: | Multiple isoforms of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl-
transferase (ppGaNTase) have been cloned and expressed from a variety of
organisms. In general, these isoforms display different patterns of
tissue-specific expression, but exhibit overlapping substrate
specificities, in vitro . A peptide substrate, derived from the sequence of
the V3 loop of the HIV gp120 protein (HIV peptide), has previously been
shown to be glycosylated in vitro exclusively by the ppGaNTase-T3 (Bennett
et al. , 1996). To determine if this isoform- specificity is maintained in
vivo , we have examined the glycosylation of this substrate when it is
expressed as a reporter peptide (rHIV) in a cell background (COS7 cells)
which lacks detectable levels of the ppGaNTase-T3. Glycosylation of rHIV
was greatly increased by coexpression of a recombinant ppGaNTase-T3.
Overexpression of ppGaNTase- T1 yielded only partial glycosylation of the
reporter. We have also determined that the introduction of a proline
residue at the +3 position flanking the potential glycosylation site
eliminated ppGaNTase- T3 selectivity toward rHIV observed both in vivo and
in vitro .
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