title: Studies on the substrate specificity of neutral alpha-mannosidase purified from Japanese quail oviduct by using sugar chains from glycoproteins.
abstract: The substrate specificity of neutral alpha-mannosidase purified from Japanese quail oviduct [Oku, H., Hase, S., & Ikenaka, T. (1991) J. Biochem. 110, 29-34] was analyzed by using 21 oligomannose-type sugar chains. The enzyme activated with Co2+ hydrolyzed the Man alpha 1-3 and Man alpha 1-6 bonds from the non-reducing termini of Man alpha 1-6(Man alpha 1-3)Man alpha 1-6(Man alpha 1-3)Man beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-4GlcNAc (M5A), but hardly hydrolyzed the Man alpha 1-2 bonds of Man9GlcNAc2. The hydrolysis rate decreased as the reducing end of substrates became more bulky: the hydrolysis rate for the pyridylamino (PA) derivative of M5A as to that of M5A was 0.8; the values for M5A-Asn and Taka-amylase A having a M5A sugar chain being 0.5 and 0.04, respectively. The end product was Man beta 1-4GlcNAc2. For the substrates with the GlcNAc structure at their reducing ends (Man5GlcNAc, Man6GlcNAc and Man9GlcNAc), the hydrolysis rate was remarkably increased: Man5GlcNAc was hydrolyzed 16 times faster than M5A, and Man2GlcNAc 40 times faster than Man9GlcNAc2. The enzyme did not hydrolyze Man alpha 1-2 residue(s) linked to Man alpha 1-3Man beta 1-4GlcNAc. The end products were as follows: [formula; see text] These results suggest that oligomannose-type sugar chains with the GlcNAc structure at their reducing ends seem to be native substrates for neutral alpha-mannosidase and the enzyme seems to hydrolyze endo-beta-N-acetylgucosaminidase digests of oligomannose-type sugar chains in the cytosol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Osaka University College of Science.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D003370:Coturnix; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008361:Mannosidases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D010057:Oviducts / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D043323:alpha-Mannosidase
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006023:Glycoproteins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D008361:Mannosidases; D043323:alpha-Mannosidase