title: Structure of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of porcine kidney and human urine cerebroside sulfate activator protein.
abstract: The specific sugar residues and their linkages in the oligosaccharides from pig kidney and human urine cerebroside sulfate activator proteins (saposin B), although previously hypothesized, have been unambiguously characterized. Exhaustive sequential exoglycosidase digestion of the trimethyl-p-aminophenyl derivatives, followed by either matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and/or mass spectrometry, was used to define the residues and their linkages. The oligosaccharides were enzymatically released from the proteins by treatment with peptidyl-N-glycosidase F and separated from the proteins by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Reducing termini were converted to the trimethyl-p-aminophenyl derivative and the samples were further purified by normal-phase HPLC. The derivatized carbohydrates were then treated sequentially with a series of exoglycosidases of defined specificity, and the products of each digestion were examined by mass spectrometry. The pentasaccharides from pig kidney and human urine protein were shown to be of the asparagine-linked complex type composed of mannose-alpha 1-6-mannose-beta 1-4-N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylglucosamine(alpha 1-6-fucose). This highly degraded structure probably represents the final product of intra-lysosomal exoglycosidase digestion. Oligosaccharide sequencing by specific exoglycosidase degradation coupled with mass spectrometry is more rapid than conventional oligosaccharide sequencing. The procedures developed will be useful for sequencing other oligosaccharides including those from other members of the lipid-binding protein class to which cerebroside sulfate activator belongs. (c) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA. faull@chem.ucla.edu
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Faull
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: To
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whitelegge
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Fluharty
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fluharty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001216:Asparagine / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049231:Saposins; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D049128:Sphingolipid Activator Proteins; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; C483345:PSAP protein, human; D049231:Saposins; D049128:Sphingolipid Activator Proteins; D001216:Asparagine