Glycobiology, 2000, Vol. 10, No. 5 531-583
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Minimal structural and glycosylation requirements for ST6Gal I activity and trafficking
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
The influence of N-linked glycosylation on the activity and trafficking of membrane associated and soluble forms of the STtyr isoform of the ST6Gal I has been evaluated. We have demonstrated that the enzyme is glycosylated on Asn 146 and Asn 158 and that glycosylation is not required for the endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi transport of the membrane-associated form of the STtyr isoform. In addition, N-linked glycosylation may stabilize the protein but is not absolutely required for catalytic activity in vivo. In contrast, soluble forms of the protein consisting of amino acids 64–403, 89–403, and 97–403 are efficiently secreted and active in their fully glycosylated forms, but retained in the endoplasmic reticulum and inactive in their unglycosylated forms. These results suggest that membrane associated and soluble forms of the STtyr protein have different requirements for N-linked glycosylation. Elimination of the oligosaccharide attached to Asn 158 in the full length STtyr single and double glycosylation mutants generates proteins that are not cleaved and secreted but stably localized in the Golgi, like the STcys isoform of the ST6Gal I. This stable Golgi localization is correlated with the observation that these two mutants are active in in vivo assays but inactive in in vitro assays of membrane lysates. We predict that removal of N-linked oligosaccharides leads to an increased ability of the STtyr protein to self-associate or oligomerize which subsequently allows more stable retention in the Golgi and increased aggregation and inactivity when membranes are lysed in the in vitro activity assays.
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 1819 West Polk Street M/C 536, Chicago, IL 60612
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