Nemansky M, Van den Eijnden D H
Department of Medical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Biochem J. 1992 Oct 1;287 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):311-6. doi: 10.1042/bj2870311.
Bovine colostrum CMP-NeuAc:Gal beta(-->4)GlcNAc-R alpha(2-->6)-sialyltransferase (alpha 6-sialyltransferase) appears to be capable of catalysing alpha 6-sialylation of the disaccharide GalNAc beta(1-->4)GlcNAc to yield the trisaccharide NeuAc alpha(2-->6)GalNAc beta(1-->4)GlcNAc. This provides an enzymic basis for the occurrence of this sialylated structure on the N-linked glycans of a number of bovine milk glycoproteins. Competition experiments using Gal beta(1-->4)GlcNAc and GalNAc beta(-->4)GlcNAc as acceptors indicate that both substrates are recognized by a single active site on the alpha 6-sialyltransferase. Extrapolation of these results suggests that the NeuAc alpha(2-->6)GalNAc beta(1-->4)GlcNAc structural element occurring on the N-linked glycans of several human glycoproteins are similarly synthesized by the action of a Gal beta(1-->4)GlcNAc-R alpha(2-->6)-sialyltransferase.
牛初乳CMP - 唾液酸:Galβ(→4)GlcNAc - Rα(2→6)-唾液酸转移酶(α6 - 唾液酸转移酶)似乎能够催化二糖GalNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc的α6 - 唾液酸化反应,生成三糖NeuAcα(2→6)GalNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc。这为多种牛乳糖蛋白N - 连接聚糖上这种唾液酸化结构的出现提供了酶学基础。使用Galβ(1→4)GlcNAc和GalNAcβ(→4)GlcNAc作为受体的竞争实验表明,这两种底物都被α6 - 唾液酸转移酶上的单个活性位点识别。这些结果的推断表明,几种人糖蛋白N - 连接聚糖上出现的NeuAcα(2→6)GalNAcβ(1→4)GlcNAc结构元件同样是由Galβ(1→4)GlcNAc - Rα(2→6)-唾液酸转移酶的作用合成的。