Human fucosyltransferase IX:: Specificity towards N-linked glycoproteins and relevance of the cytoplasmic domain in intra-Golgi localization
Human fucosyltransferase IX:: Specificity towards N-linked glycoproteins and relevance of the cytoplasmic domain in intra-Golgi localization
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DOI:
10.1016/j.biochi.2008.03.002
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发表时间:
2008-09-01
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Costa, J.
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作者:
Brito, C.;Kandzia, S.;Costa, J.
The alpha 3-fucosyltransferase IX (FUT9) catalyses the transfer of fucose in an alpha 3 linkage onto terminal type II (Gal beta 4GlcNAc) acceptors, the final step in the biosynthesis of the Lewis(x) (Le(x)) epitope, in neurons. In this work, FUT9 cloned from NT2N neurons and overexpressed in HeLa cells (FUT9wt), was found to efficiently fucosylate asialoerythropoietin (asialoEPO), and bovine asialofetuin, but not sialylated EPO. Analysis by HPAEC-PAD and MALDI/TOF-MS revealed predominantly mono-fucosylation by FUT9wt of type II di-, tri- and tetraantermary N-glycans with proximal fucose, with and without N-acetylactosamine repeats from asialoEPO. Minor amounts of difucosylated structures were also found. The results suggested that FUT9 could fucosylate Le(x) carrier-glycoproteins in neurons. Furthermore, FUT9wt was found to be activated by Mn2+ and it was capable of synthesizing Le(a), although to a lesser extent than Le(x) and Le(y). In vivo, HeLa cells transfected with FUT9wt expressed de novo Le(x), as detected by immunofluorescence microscopy. FUT9 was found to be a trans-Golgi and trans-Golgi network (TGN) glycosyltransferase from confocal immunofluorescence co-localization with the markers of the secretory pathway M-galactosyltransferase (trans-Golgi and TGN) and TGN-46 (TGN). Deletion of the cytoplasmic domain caused a shift to the cis-Golgi, thus suggesting that information for intra-Golgi localization is contained within the cytoplasmic domain. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.