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The class I α1,2-mannosidases of Caenorhabditis elegans.
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PMID:  22535467     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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During the biosynthesis of N-glycans in multicellular eukaryotes, glycans with the compositions Man(5)GlcNAc(2-3) are key intermediates. However, to reach this 'decision point', these N-glycans are first processed from Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) through to Man(5)GlcNAc(2) by a number of glycosidases, whereby up to four α1-2-linked mannose residues are removed by class I mannosidases (glycohydrolase family 47). Whereas in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae there are maximally three members of this protein family, in higher organisms there are multiple class I mannosidases residing in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. The genome of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans encodes seven members of this protein family, whereby four are predicted to be classical processing mannosidases and three are related proteins with roles in quality control. In this study, cDNAs encoding the four predicted mannosidases were cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris and the activity of these enzymes, designated MANS-1, MANS-2, MANS-3 and MANS-4, was verified. The first two can, dependent on the incubation time, remove three to four residues from Man(9)GlcNAc(2), whereas the action of the other two results in the appearance of the B isomer of Man(8)GlcNAc(2); together the complementary activities of these enzymes result in processing to Man(5)GlcNAc(2). With these data, another gap is closed in our understanding of the N-glycan biosynthesis pathway of the nematode worm.
Authors:
Iain B H Wilson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-4-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Glycoconjugate journal     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-4986     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
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Created Date:  2012-4-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8603310     Medline TA:  Glycoconj J     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, 1190, Wien, Austria, iain.wilson@boku.ac.at.
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