title: The site of nonenzymic glycation of human extracellular-superoxide dismutase in vitro.
abstract: The secretory enzyme extracellular-superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) has affinity for heparin and some other sulfated glycosaminoglycans and is in vivo bound to heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Nonenzymic glycation of EC-SOD, both in vivo and in vitro, is associated with a reduction in heparin affinity, whereas the enzymic activity is not affected. The glycation sites in EC-SOD are further studied in the present article. It is shown that modification of a few of the five lysyl residues of the subunits of the enzyme with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid nearly abolishes the in vitro glycation susceptibility. From a chymotryptic digest of in vitro glycated EC-SOD, two peptides with affinity for boronate could be isolated. Amino acid sequence analysis showed that both encompassed the carboxyterminal end. epsilon-Glucitol lysine was identified in both peptides at positions 211 and 212. The primary glycation sites in EC-SOD are thus lysine-211 and lysine-212 in the putative heparin-binding domain in the carboxyterminal end.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Marklund
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000201:enzymology*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid; D006493:Heparin; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D002918:Chymotrypsin