Specificity of submaxillary gland sialyltransferases |
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Authors: | Anne P Sherblom Colette R Bourassa |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Hitchner Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A method has been developed to determine the activities of specific sialyltransferases by analysis of the products of the reaction. This method, which utilizes high performance liquid chromatography, distinguishes addition of sialic acid to the N-acetylgalactosamine vs. galactose residues of the mucin disaccharide Galβ(1→3)GalNac, and can be used to distinguish formation of the 3′- and 6′-isomers of sialyllactose. For the bovine, ovine, and porcine submaxillary extracts, more than 95% of the activity with asialo ovine submaxillary mucin is due to formation of NeuAc α(2→6)GalNAc. With lactose as the acceptor, more than 95% of the α(2→3) isomer is produced. Activity with asialofetuin is due solely to the O-linked chain, with relative activity toward the galactose vs. GalNAc residues of 0.32, 1.5, and 0.10 for bovine, ovine, and porcine, respectively. The rat submaxillary gland extract showed equal formation of 3′- and 6′-sialyllactose, and very low activity with asialo ovine submaxillary mucin. However, at least 40% of the activity toward the Galβ(1→3)GalNAc disaccharide of asialofetuin was directed toward the GalNAc residue. The relative preference of the N-acetylgalactosaminide α(2→6) sialyltransferase for a monosaccharide vs. a substituted GalNAc may play a role in regulation of chain length during mucin synthesis. |
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Keywords: | Sialyltransferase Mucin synthesis Substrate specificity Galactose residue (Bovine ovine porcine submaxillary gland) Gal galactose GalNAc GlcNAc NeuAc GalNAcOH |
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