title: Molecular cloning and identification of N-acyl-D-glucosamine 2-epimerase from porcine kidney as a renin-binding protein.
abstract: N-Acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) is an important molecule in biological recognition systems. NeuAc is known to be biosynthesized either from UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine by an action of UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 2-epimerase or from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine by N-acyl-D-glucosamine 2-epimerase (GlcNAc 2-epimerase). However, the physiological function of the GlcNAc 2-epimerase in NeuAc biosynthesis has not been fully evaluated. To clarify the role of GlcNAc 2-epimerase in NeuAc biosynthesis, the enzyme and its gene were isolated from porcine kidney cortex. Escherichia coli cells transformed with the gene expressed the GlcNAc 2-epimerase having the same properties as those of the GlcNAc 2-epimerase from porcine kidney. Sequence analysis indicated that the gene was capable of synthesizing a 46.5-kDa protein (402 amino acids) with a conserved leucine zipper motif. Homology search for the cloned gene revealed that the GlcNAc 2-epimerase was identical with renin-binding protein (RnBP) in porcine kidney (Inoue, H., Fukui, K., Takahashi, S., and Miyake, Y.(1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 6556-6561) (identity: 99.6% in nucleotide sequence, 99.0% in amino acid sequence). That GlcNAc 2-epimerase is a RnBP was confirmed by its ability to bind porcine kidney renin and mask its protease activity. These findings provide unequivocal evidence that the enzyme GlcNAc 2-epimerase is a RnBP.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto Research Laboratories, Marukin Shoyu Co., Ltd., Uji, Kyoto 611, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maru
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsukada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002845:Chromatography; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017886:Durapatite; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013552:Swine; D014462:Ultrafiltration
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017886:Durapatite; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; C024519:N-acyl-D-glucosamine 2-epimerase