title: Molecular cloning and characterization of chondroitin-4-O-sulfotransferase-3. A novel member of the HNK-1 family of sulfotransferases.
abstract: We have identified and characterized an N-acetylgalactosamine-4-O-sulfotransferase designated chondroitin-4-sulfotransferase-3 (C4ST-3) (GenBank accession number AY120869) based on its homology to HNK-1 sulfotransferase (HNK-1 ST). The cDNA predicts an open reading frame encoding a type II membrane protein of 341 amino acids with a 12-amino acid cytoplasmic domain and a 311-amino acid luminal domain containing a single potential N-linked glycosylation site. C4ST-3 has the greatest amino acid sequence identity when aligned with chondroitin-4-O-sulfotransferase 1 (C4ST-1) (45%) but also shows significant amino acid identity with chondroitin-4-O-sulfotransferase 2 (C4ST-2) (27%), dermatan-4-O-sulfotransferase 1 (29%), HNK-1 ST (26%), N-acetylgalactosamine-4-O-sulfotransferase 1 (26%), and N-acetylgalactosamine-4-O-sulfotransferase 2 (23%). C4ST-3 transfers sulfate to the C-4 hydroxyl of beta1,4-linked GalNAc that is substituted with a beta-linked glucuronic acid at the C-3 hydroxyl. The open reading frame of C4ST-3 is encoded by three exons located on human chromosome 3q21.3. Northern blot analysis reveals a single 2.1-kilobase transcript. C4ST-3 message is expressed in adult liver and at lower levels in adult kidney, lymph nodes, and fetal liver. Although C4ST-3 and C4ST-1 have similar specificities, the highly restricted pattern of expression seen for C4ST-3 suggests that it has a different role than C4ST-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 and Zentrum fuer Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universitaet Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hyung-Gyoo
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Matthias R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jacques U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Baenziger
authors.forename: Melitta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schachner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000097811:Carbohydrate Sulfotransferases
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C466772:chondroitin-4-O-sulfotransferase-3; C499544:CHST13 protein, human; C499549:CHST10 protein, human; D000097811:Carbohydrate Sulfotransferases; C109318:HNK-1 sulfotransferase