title: Purification and characterization of secretory-type GDP-L-fucose: beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase from human gastric mucosa.
abstract: alpha-(1,2)-Fucosyltransferase (GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase) from human gastric mucosa was purified to homogeneity by column chromatographies on Ultrogel AcA34, phenyl-Sepharose, hydroxylapatite, SP-Sephadex, and GDP-hexanol-amine Sepharose. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 65,000 by SDS-PAGE. The Km value of this enzyme for a type 1 sugar acceptor was a little smaller than that for a type 2 one, indicating this enzyme is a secretor-type alpha-(1,2)-fucosyltransferase. However, the difference between the Km value for a type 1 precursor and that for a type 2 one was very small, suggesting that this enzyme can use both types of precursors as sugar acceptors approximately equally, unlike the purified alpha-(1,2)-fucosyltransferase from human serum as the secretor-type reported previously. The characteristics of the purified enzyme were compared with those of H-type alpha-(1,2)-fucosyltransferase from human plasma. The activities of both enzymes were inhibited by salt and N-ethylmaleimide, but they showed a significant difference in their divalent cation requirements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology; D006154:Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase
chemical_list: D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D006154:Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase