title: Enzymic properties of an N-acetylglucosaminide 3-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase of a wheat-germ agglutinin-resistant melanoma clone.
abstract: A fucosyltransferase was solubilized by extraction with Triton CF-54 from a wheat-germ agglutinin-resistant variant of mouse B16 melanoma. Through affinity chromatography on GDP hexanolamine--Sepharose a 44-fold enrichment of its specific activity was obtained. Analysis of its specificity indicated that the enzyme is an N-acetylglucosaminide 3-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase, which is able to transfer fucose to oligosaccharides containing Gal(beta 1-4)GlcNAc and Gal(beta 1-4)Glc structures. The enzyme is activated by divalent cations and has a maximum of activity at pH 5. It is unable to transfer fucose to sialylated glycoproteins, 6-alpha-sialyllactose or 3-alpha-sialyllactose. As suggested by its precipitation in the presence of antibodies raised in rabbit against a soluble human milk N-acetylglucosaminide 3-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase, these two enzymes seem to be structurally related.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002999:Clone Cells; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology; D012995:Solubility; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; C019818:3-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminide 4-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase