title: Small complex-type N-linked glycans are attached to cell-wall bound exo-beta-glucanases of both mung bean and barley seedlings.
abstract: N-linked glycans of wall-bound exo-beta-glucanases from mung bean and barley seedlings, namely Mung-ExoI and Barley-ExoII, were characterized. The N-linked glycans of Mung-ExoI and Barley-ExoII were liberated by gas-phase hydrazinolysis followed by re-N-acetylation. Their structures were determined by two-dimensional sugar-mapping analysis and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. N-glycans from both glucanases were of paucimannosidic-type (small complex-type) structures, Manalpha1-6(+/-Manalpha1-3)(Xylbeta1-2)Manbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-4(+/-Fucalpha1-3) GlcNAc, which are known as typical vacuole-type N-glycans. The results suggest that N-glycans of cell-wall glucanase were produced by partial trimming of complex-type N-glycans by exoglycosidases during its transport from Golgi apparatus to cell walls or in the cell walls.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan; Department of Biotechnology, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 729-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotake
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonari
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Fumito
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakurai