Enzymatic sulfation of galactose residue of keratan sulfate by chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase |
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Authors: | Habuchi Osami; Hirahara Yukie; Uchimura Kenji; Fukuta Masakazu |
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Institution: | Department of Life Science, Aichi University of Education Kariya, Aichi 448, Japan |
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Abstract: | We have previously found that the purified chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase(C6ST), which transfers sulfate from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate(PAPS) to position 6 of N-acetylgalactosamine in chondroitin,catalyzed the sulfation of keratan sulfate, and that both theC6ST activity and the keratan sulfate sulfotransferase (KSST)activity were expressed in COS-7 cells when C6ST cDNA was transfected.In this report we describe some properties of the KSST activitycontained in the purified C6ST, and characterize the sulfatedproducts formed from keratan sulfate and partially desulfatedkeratan sulfate. Optimal pH, requirement for cationic activators,and Km value for PAPS of the KSST activity were very similarto those of the C6ST activity. 35S-Labeled glycosaminoglycansformed from keratan sulfate and partially desulfated keratansulfate were N-deacetylated by treatment with hydrazine/hydrazinesulfate and then cleaved with HNO2 at pH 4, and the resultingproducts were reduced with NaB3H4. Analysis of the degradationproducts with paper chromatography and high performance liquidchromatography provided evidence that C6ST transferred sulfateto position 6 of galactose residue which was glycosidicallylinked to N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfate residue or to N-acetylglucosamineresidue. Northern blot analysis using poly (A)+ RNA from 12-d-oldchick embryos indicated that the message of C6ST was expressednot only in the cartilage but also in the cornea in which keratansulfate is actively synthesized. chondroitin sulfate keratan sulfate glycosaminoglycan sulfotransferase hydrazinolysis deaminative cleavage |
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