title: Mucolipidosis III beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase A. Purification and properties.
abstract: Mucolipidosis III acid hydrolases possess an altered carbohydrate recognition marker needed for their lysosomal localization. As a result of this alteration, a portion of these enzymes is secreted from the cell to the extracellular spaces. The structural changes that may have occurred to one of these secreted enzymes, beta-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase A (EC 3.2.1.52) were investigated. Normal and mucolipidosis III urinary beta-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase A were purified to apparent homogeneity by using affinity [Sepharose-2-acetamido-N-(epsilon-aminocaproyl)-2-deoxy-beta- d-glucopyranosylamine] and ion-exchange (DEAE- and CM-cellulose) chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-slab-gel electrophoresis showed that both enzymes had similar subunit patterns consisting of apparent mol.wts. of 68000, 60000-58000, 55000 and 29000. Differences, however, were noted in the relative proportions of the protein bands where the normal urinary beta-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase A contained predominantly the smaller subunits, whereas the mucolipidosis III enzyme had a predominance of the larger subunits. The binding of mucolipidosis III beta-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase A to Ricinus communis lectin and concanavalin A with and without endo-beta-N-acetyl-d-glucosaminidase H treatment indicated that the mutation leads to a modification of a portion of the normally occurring high-mannose-type oligosaccharide units to the complex-type. This was further supported by carbohydrate compositional analysis, which revealed a mannose/galactose ratio of 2.1 for the mucolipidosis III beta-N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase A compared with a ratio of 3.5 for the normal enzyme. Our results indicate that as a result of their inability to be properly localized to the lysosome the majority of the mucolipidosis III lysosomal hydrolase high-mannose oligosaccharide units are further processed to the complex-type before secretion of predominantly higher-molecular-weight subunits from the cell.
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006596:Hexosaminidases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009081:Mucolipidoses / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000652:urine; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D003208:Concanavalin A; D006596:Hexosaminidases; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases