The synthesis of complex-type oligosaccharides. I. Structure of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor of the complex-type oligosaccharides of the vesicular stomatitis virus G protein.
TL;DR: The synthesis of the complex-type oligosaccharide unit of the vesicular stomatitis virus G protein is initiated by the en bloc transfer of a high molecular weight oligosACcharide from a lipid carrier to the nascent polypeptide.
About: This article is published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.The article was published on 1978-11-10 and is currently open access. It has received 398 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oligosaccharide & Mannose.
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TL;DR: It is time for the diverse functional roles of glycans to be fully incorporated into the mainstream of biological sciences, as they are no different from other major macromolecular building blocks of life, simply more rapidly evolving and complex.
Abstract: Simple and complex carbohydrates (glycans) have long been known to play major metabolic, structural and physical roles in biological systems. Targeted microbial binding to host glycans has also been studied for decades. But such biological roles can only explain some of the remarkable complexity and organismal diversity of glycans in nature. Reviewing the subject about two decades ago, one could find very few clear-cut instances of glycan-recognition-specific biological roles of glycans that were of intrinsic value to the organism expressing them. In striking contrast there is now a profusion of examples, such that this updated review cannot be comprehensive. Instead, a historical overview is presented, broad principles outlined and a few examples cited, representing diverse types of roles, mediated by various glycan classes, in different evolutionary lineages. What remains unchanged is the fact that while all theories regarding biological roles of glycans are supported by compelling evidence, exceptions to each can be found. In retrospect, this is not surprising. Complex and diverse glycans appear to be ubiquitous to all cells in nature, and essential to all life forms. Thus, >3 billion years of evolution consistently generated organisms that use these molecules for many key biological roles, even while sometimes coopting them for minor functions. In this respect, glycans are no different from other major macromolecular building blocks of life (nucleic acids, proteins and lipids), simply more rapidly evolving and complex. It is time for the diverse functional roles of glycans to be fully incorporated into the mainstream of biological sciences.
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...After the unusual Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-P-P-dolichol structure of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide donor for N-glycosylation was first fully defined (855), it turned out to be identical in almost all eukaryotes studied....
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TL;DR: A number of inhibitors have been identified that interfere with glycoprotein biosynthesis, processing, or transport, such as tunicamycin, tridecaptin, and flavomycin this paper.
Abstract: A number of glycoproteins have oligosaccharides linked to protein in a GlcNAc----asparagine bond. These oligosaccharides may be either of the complex, the high-mannose or the hybrid structure. Each type of oligosaccharides is initially biosynthesized via lipid-linked oligosaccharides to form a Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-pyrophosphoryl-dolichol and transfer of this oligosaccharide to protein. The oligosaccharide portion is then processed, first of all by removal of all three glucose residues to give a Man9GlcNAc2-protein. This structure may be the immediate precursor to the high-mannose structure or it may be further processed by the removal of a number of mannose residues. Initially four alpha 1,2-linked mannoses are removed to give a Man5 - GlcNAc2 -protein which is then lengthened by the addition of a GlcNAc residue. This new structure, the GlcNAc- Man5 - GlcNAc2 -protein, is the substrate for mannosidase II which removes the alpha 1,3- and alpha 1,6-linked mannoses . Then the other sugars, GlcNAc, galactose, and sialic acid, are added sequentially to give the complex types of glycoproteins. A number of inhibitors have been identified that interfere with glycoprotein biosynthesis, processing, or transport. Some of these inhibitors have been valuable tools to study the reaction pathways while others have been extremely useful for examining the role of carbohydrate in glycoprotein function. For example, tunicamycin and its analogs prevent protein glycosylation by inhibiting the first step in the lipid-linked pathway, i.e., the formation of Glc NAc-pyrophosphoryl-dolichol. These antibiotics have been widely used in a number of functional studies. Another antibiotic that inhibits the lipid-linked saccharide pathway is amphomycin, which blocks the formation of dolichyl-phosphoryl-mannose. In vitro, this antibiotic gives rise to a Man5GlcNAc2 -pyrophosphoryl-dolichol from GDP-[14C]mannose, indicating that the first five mannose residues come directly from GDP-mannose rather than from dolichyl-phosphoryl-mannose. Other antibodies that have been shown to act at the lipid-level are diumycin , tsushimycin , tridecaptin, and flavomycin. In addition to these types of compounds, a number of sugar analogs such as 2-deoxyglucose, fluoroglucose , glucosamine, etc. have been utilized in some interesting experiments. Several compounds have been shown to inhibit glycoprotein processing. One of these, the alkaloid swainsonine , inhibits mannosidase II that removes alpha-1,3 and alpha-1,6 mannose residues from the GlcNAc- Man5GlcNAc2 -peptide. Thus, in cultured cells or in enveloped viruses, swainsonine causes the formation of a hybrid structure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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TL;DR: A number of glycoproteins have oligosaccharides linked to protein in a GlcNAc----asparagine bond that are either of the complex, the high-mannose or the hybrid structure and a number of inhibitors have been identified that interfere with glycoprotein biosynthesis, processing, or transport.
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TL;DR: Glycopeptide binding to lentil lectin-Sepharose was enhanced by the exposure of terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues on the glycopeptides, whereas binding to pea lectin -Sepharoses was enhancedBy the exposure to terminal mannose residues, and the differences in carbohydrate binding specificity were exploited to fractionate a mixture of [2-3H]mannose-labeled glycoproteins derived from mouse lymphoma cell gly
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TL;DR: This chapter elaborates the primary structure and metabolism of the N -linked glycans, and presents the hypothesis that the catabolism of N -acetyl-lactosainine glycans starts by the action of endo-2-acetamido- 2-deoxy-β- D -glucosidases in liberating oligosaccharides that are then degraded by exoglycosidases.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of the primary structure of glycoprotein glycans. There exists a certain unity of structure among glycans. All are derived by the substitution of common, core oligosaccharides ( inv fractions) by variable oligosaccharide structures ( var fractions), which are the basis of their specificity. The var fractions present a limited number of the types of structure. In the case of N -glycosylproteins, in which the glycan-protein bond is asparaginyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxyglucose, the glycans are of three fundamental types: the oligomannosidic, the N -acetyllactosaminic, and the mixed, oligomannosidic- N -acetyl-lactosaminic. The determination of the structures of oligosaccharides from the urines of glycoproteinoses, diseases characterized by a deficit in lysosomal enzymes catabolizing the glycans of glycoprotein, allows reconstruction of the different stages of glycoprotein catabolism, and presentation of the hypothesis that the catabolism of N -acetyl-lactosainine glycans starts by the action of endo-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β- D -glucosidases in liberating oligosaccharides that are then degraded by exoglycosidases. This chapter elaborates the primary structure and metabolism of the N -linked glycans. Development and improvement of procedures for the study of the primary structure of glycans is also discussed.
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