title: Role of the Pro-Leu-Arg motif in glycosylation of human gonadotropin alpha-subunit.
abstract: CG, LH, FSH, and TSH are a family of heterodimeric glycoprotein hormones that contain a common alpha-subunit, but differ in their hormone-specific beta-subunit. Processing of the N-linked oligosaccharide of the glycoprotein family is both tissue and dimer specific. LH, TSH, and free alpha synthesized in pituitary bear oligosaccharide terminating with sulfate (SO4) and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), whereas the termination of oligosaccharide in CG synthesized in placenta and FSH is sialic acid and galactose (Gal). Using site-directed mutagenesis and gene transfer, we studied the role of the Pro-Leu-Arg motif, which has been shown to be a recognition marker of glycoprotein hormone-specific GalNAc transferase, in sulfation of N-linked oligosaccharide in alpha-subunit. The wild-type or mutated alpha gene was transfected into GH3 cells. Our data revealed that substitution of the Pro-Leu-Arg motif by Ala-Leu-Ala did not affect the sulfation of N-linked oligosaccharide, but generated the attachment of O-linked oligosaccharide. alpha-Subunit containing either of the two N-linked glycosylations is also sulfated. We conclude that in GH3 cells, the Pro-Leu-Arg motif plays no role in the sulfation of oligosaccharide in alpha-subunit, and both N-glycosylations are terminated with SO4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuhashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suganuma
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D015292:Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D017354:Point Mutation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D015292:Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C093201:prolyl-leucyl-arginine