title: Characterization of N-linked oligosaccharides attached to human renin expressed in COS cells.
abstract: To study the role of N-linked oligosaccharides attached to human renin, we generated three kinds of glycosylation-deficient renins in which one or both of two putative N-glycosylation sites was eliminated by amino acid replacement using site-directed mutagenesis. Examination of the three mutant renins (Asn-5 to Ala, Asn-75 to Ala, and both Asn-5 and -75 to Ala) expressed in COS cells demonstrated that both putative sites were certainly glycosylated with heterologous N-linked oligosaccharides. Moreover, the oligosaccharide chain attached at Asn-5 was different from that attached at Asn-75 in its molecular size. In addition, the secreted amount of the three mutant renins were different from one another, although the mutant and wild-type renins had practically the same specific activity. Our results suggest that the N-linked oligosaccharides have no effect on the enzymatic activity, but play an important role in stable secretion of human renin.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiratori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Umeyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004270:DNA, Circular; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D012083:Renin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004270:DNA, Circular; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D012083:Renin