title: Carboxyl terminus structural requirements for glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchor addition to cell surface proteins.
abstract: Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins contain in their COOH-terminal region a peptide segment that is thought to direct glycolipid addition. This signal has been shown to require a pair of small amino acids positioned 10-12 residues upstream of an hydrophobic C-terminal domain. We analysed the contribution of the region separating the anchor acceptor site and the C-terminal hydrophobic segment by introducing amino acid deletions and substitutions in the spacer element of the GPI-anchored Thy-1 glycoprotein. Deletions of 7 amino acids in this region, as well as the introduction of 2 charged residues, prevented the glycolipid addition to Thy-1, suggesting that the length and the primary sequence of the spacer domain are important determinants in the signal directing GPI anchor transfer onto a newly synthesized polypeptide. Furthermore, we tested these rules by creating a truncated form of the normally transmembranous Herpes simplex virus I glycoprotein D (gDI) and demonstrating that when its C-terminal region displays all the features of a GPI-anchored protein, it is able to direct glycolipid addition onto another cell surface molecule.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beghdadi-Rais
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schreyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rousseaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borel
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bron
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fasel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009154:Mutation; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000378:metabolism; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006023:Glycoproteins; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase