title: Structural studies on the carbohydrate moieties of human liver alpha-L-fucosidase.
abstract: alpha-L-Fucosidase was purified from human liver to apparent homogeneity and subjected to exhaustive digestion with Pronase. The resulting glycopeptides were isolated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 and further fractionated by Bio-Gel P-4 chromatography. Five glycopeptide fractions were obtained. The structures of the carbohydrate portions of all glycopeptide components were fully characterized by a combination of 500-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy and carbohydrate composition analysis. Fraction I contained disialyl diantennary glycopeptides of the N-acetyllactosamine type. Fractions II and III contained predominantly mono(sialyl-N-acetyllactosaminyl) diantennary glycopeptides with the NeuAc alpha(2----6)Gal beta(1----4)GlcNAc beta(1----2) branch attached to alpha(1----3)-linked Man in II and to alpha(1----6)-linked Man in III. The N-acetyllactosamine-type glycopeptides in fractions I to III have a small portion (10-15%) of their Asn-linked GlcNAc residues substituted by additional alpha(1----6)-linked Fuc. Also, a minor portion of the NeuAc residues appeared to be attached to Gal in alpha(2----3) rather than alpha(2----6) linkage. Fraction IV contained a mixture of larger-size oligomannoside-type glycopeptides with a variable number (6 to 9) of Man residues. Smaller-size oligomannoside-type glycopeptides were found in fraction V, containing 3 or 5 Man residues; a small portion (10%) of the Man3GlcNAc2Asn component appeared to contain in addition a Fuc residue in alpha(1----6) linkage to the Asn-bound GlcNAc. The overall ratio of oligomannoside-type to N-acetyllactosamine-type carbohydrate structures was found to be 5:4. This article is the first account of the complete characterization of the oligomannoside-type structures in alpha-L-fucosidase; furthermore, the occurrence in alpha-L-fucosidase of mono(sialyl-N-acetyllactosaminyl) structures, Fuc-containing oligosaccharides, and NeuAc alpha(2----3) linked to Gal are reported for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Argade
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hopfer
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Strang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Halbeek
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alhadeff
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000032:analysis; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D005644:alpha-L-Fucosidase / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006020:Glycopeptides; D006023:Glycoproteins; D005644:alpha-L-Fucosidase