title: Mapping and molecular modeling of a recognition domain for lysosomal enzyme targeting.
abstract: Lysosomal enzymes contain a common protein determinant that is recognized by UDP-GlcNAc:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase, the initial enzyme in the biosynthesis of mannose-6-P residues. Previously, we generated a lysosomal enzyme recognition domain by substituting two regions (lysine 203 and amino acids 265-292) of the lysosomal hydrolase cathepsin D into a related secretory protein glycopepsinogen. When expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the oligosaccharides of the chimeric protein were efficiently phosphorylated (Baranski, T. J., Faust, P. L., and Kornfeld, S. (1990) Cell 63, 281-291). In the current study, incremental substitutions of cathepsin D residues into glycopepsinogen and alanine-scanning mutagenesis were utilized to define the recognition domain more precisely. A computer-generated model of the cathepsin D/pepsinogen chimeric molecule served as a guide for mutagenesis and for the interpretation of results. These studies indicate that the recognition domain is a surface patch that contains multiple interacting sites. There is a strict positional requirement for the lysine residue at position 203.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Baranski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koelsch
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hartsuck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kornfeld
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013552:Swine; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
chemical_list: D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C030012:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-lysosomal-enzyme-N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase; D002402:Cathepsin D