title: Purification and characterization of a novel broad-specificity (alpha 1----2, alpha 1----3 and alpha 1----6) mannosidase from rat liver.
abstract: We have identified a mannosidase in rat liver that releases alpha 1----2, alpha 1----3 and alpha 1----6 linked manose residues from oligosaccharide substrates, MannGlcNAc where n = 4-9. The end product of the reaction is Man alpha 1----3[Man alpha 1----6]Man beta 1----4GlcNAc. The mannosidase has been purified to homogeneity from a rat liver microsomal fraction, after solubilization into the aqueous phase of Triton X-114, by anion-exchange, hydrophobic and hydroxyapatite chromatography followed by chromatofocusing. The purified enzyme is a dimer of a 110-kDa subunit, has a pH optimum between 6.1 and 6.5 and a Km of 65 microM and 110 microM for the Man5GlcNAc-oligosaccharide or Man9GlcNAc-oligosaccharide substrates, respectively. Enzyme activity is inhibited by EDTA, by Zn2+ and Cu2+, and to lesser extent by Fe2+ and is stabilized by Co2+. The pattern of release of mannose residues from a Man6GlcNAc substrate shows an ordered hydrolysis of the alpha 1----2 linked residue followed by hydrolysis of alpha 1----3 and alpha 1----6 linked residues. The purified enzyme shows no activity against p-nitrophenyl-alpha-mannoside nor the hybrid GlcNAc Man5GlcNAc oligosaccharide. The enzyme activity is inhibited by swainsonine and 1-deoxymannojirimycin at concentrations 50-500-fold higher than required for complete inhibition of Golgi-mannosidase II and mannosidase I, respectively. The data indicate strongly that the enzyme has novel activity and is distinct from previously described mannosidases.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research, London, England.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonay
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002845:Chromatography; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D017886:Durapatite; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008361:Mannosidases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D017886:Durapatite; D008361:Mannosidases; C068479:alpha1-2,alpha1-3,alpha1-6-mannosidase