title: The effect of substitution of the N-acetyl groups of N-acetylgalactosamine residues in chondroitin sulfate on its degradation by chondroitinase ABC.
abstract: Chondroitinase ABC is a lyase that degrades chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate and hyaluronic acid into disaccharides. The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of chondroitinase ABC to degrade chondroitin sulfate in which the N-acetyl groups are substituted with different acyl groups. The bovine tracheal chondroitin sulfate A (bCSA) was N-deacetylated by hydrazinolysis, and the free amino groups derivatized into N-formyl, N-propionyl, N-butyryl, N-hexanoyl or N-benzoyl amides. Treatment of the N-acyl or N-benzoyl derivatives of bCSA with chondroitinase ABC and analysis of the products showed that the N-formyl, N-hexanoyl and N-benzoyl derivatives are completely resistant to the enzyme. In contrast, the N-propionyl or N-butyryl derivatives were degraded into disaccharides with slower kinetics compared to that of unmodified bCSA. The rate of degradation of bCSA derivatives by the enzyme was found to be in the order of N-acetyl>N-propionyl>>N-butyryl bCSA. These results have important implications for understanding the interaction of N-acetyl groups of glycosaminoglycans with chondroitinase ABC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Subbarao V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Madhunapantula
authors.forename: Rajeshwara N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Achur
authors.forename: Veer P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Bhavanandan
authors.forename: D Channe
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gowda
mesh_terms: D000116:Acetylgalactosamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D019765:Chondroitin ABC Lyase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D011514:Proteus vulgaris / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D019765:Chondroitin ABC Lyase; D000116:Acetylgalactosamine