title: Purification and properties of UDP-glucose galactosylhydroxylysine collagen glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.?) from bovine arterial tissue.
abstract: The glucosyltransferase (UDP-glucose galactosylhydroxylsine collagen glucosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.?.) was purified 50-fold from calf arterial tissue by ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration and electrofocusing. The purified enzyme has a molecular weight of 72 000 and a requirement for Mn2. It resolves into two activity peaks when submitted to electrofocusing (isoelectric point at pH 4.2 and 8.1) or disc electrophoresis and exhibits a double pH optimum (pH 8.3 and 9.9). The enzyme was found to transfer glucose from UDP-glucose to the denatured forms of citrate-soluble calf skin collagen (I), the alphal chain (II) and the beta12 component (III) derived from it, and of an acetic-acid-souble collagen preparation (IV) obtained from alkali-treated calf arterial tissue. The Km values for the substrates were 1.67 X 10(-4) (I), 6.3 X 10(-4) (II), 3.3 X 10(-4) (III) and 2.8 X 10(-4) mol/l (IV), indicating that the enzyme has the greatest affinity for the calf skin collagen. The glucose transferred to hydroxylysine-linked galactose residues may be released subsequently by the action of a specific alpha-glucosidase purified from bovine spleen. The results support the assumtion that the glucosylation step in the course of the (pro-)-collagen biosynthesis depends on special structural features of the substrate and may be controlled by a specific alpha-glucosidase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D003094:Collagen; D005690:Galactose; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006901:Hydroxylysine; D007700:Kinetics; D014532:Uridine Diphosphate Glucose
chemical_list: D006901:Hydroxylysine; D003094:Collagen; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; D014532:Uridine Diphosphate Glucose; D005690:Galactose