title: Occurrence of O-glycosidically peptide-linked oligosaccharides of poly-N-acetyllactosamine type (erythroglycan II) in the I-antigenically active Sendai virus receptor sialoglycoprotein GP-2.
abstract: Unique high molecular weight (M.W. 4,000-9,000) sugar chains termed erythroglycan II have been obtained from alkali/sodium borohydride digests of I-active asialoglycoprotein derived from sialoglycoprotein GP-2, which was isolated recently from bovine erythrocyte membranes as Sendai virus receptor (Suzuki, Y. et al. (1983) J. Biochem. 93, 1621-1633; (1984) ibid, 95, 1193-1200). It was found that these sugar chains comprise about 40% of total alkali-labile oligosaccharides of asialo GP-2 and contain endo-beta-galactosidase (Flavobacterium keratolyticus)-resistant highly branched and heterogeneous oligosaccharides of poly-N-acetyllactosamine type which are linked O-glycosidically to the peptide backbone through N-acetylgalactosamine. Erythroglycan II also contains endo-beta-galactosidase-susceptible straight terminal polylactosaminyl side chains. A major oligosaccharide released by the enzyme cochromatographed with Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal. Inhibitory activity of Sendai virus-mediated hemagglutination and the receptor activity for the virus were reduced significantly but not completely by the endo-beta-galactosidase. These results indicate that both linear and branched sialosylpolylactosamine sequences in erythroglycan II are important for the reception of the virus into the target cells.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000032:analysis*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D006387:Hemagglutination, Viral; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000032:analysis*; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011991:Receptors, Virus; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C018059:erythroglycan; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C026093:keratan-sulfate endo-1,4-beta-galactosidase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase