title: Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase: purification and molecular cloning of an enzyme that catalyzes tyrosine O-sulfation, a common posttranslational modification of eukaryotic proteins.
abstract: Tyrosine O-sulfation is a common posttranslational modification of proteins in all multicellular organisms. This reaction is mediated by a Golgi enzyme activity called tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase (TPST) that catalyzes the transfer of sulfate from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate to tyrosine residues within acidic motifs of polypeptides. Tyrosine O-sulfation has been shown to be important in protein-protein interactions in several systems. For example, sulfation of tyrosine residues in the leukocyte adhesion molecule P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1) is required for binding to P-selectin on activated endothelium. In this report we describe the purification of TPST from rat liver microsomes based on its affinity for the N-terminal 15 amino acids of PSGL-1. We have isolated human and mouse TPST cDNAs that predict type II transmembrane proteins of 370 amino acid residues with almost identical primary structure. The human cDNA encodes a fully functional N-glycosylated enzyme with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 54 kDa when expressed in mammalian cells. This enzyme defines a new class of Golgi sulfotransferases that may catalyze tyrosine O-sulfation of PSGL-1 and other protein substrates involved in diverse physiologic functions including inflammation and hemostasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Y b
authors.initials: Yb
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C084882:P-selectin ligand protein; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D010724:Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C039079:protein-tyrosine sulfotransferase; C020122:estrone sulfotransferase