Strict binding specificity of small-sized lectins from the red alga Hypnea japonica for core (alpha1-6) fucosylated N-glycans.
Small-sized isolectins (9 KDa) from Hypnea japonica belong to a new lectin family. Here, we describe the carbohydrate-binding properties of the three isolectins (hypninA1, A2, and A3) and the amino acid sequence of hypninA3 (P85888). In frontal affinity chromatography with about 100 pyridylaminated oligosaccharides, the isolectins, which had no affinity for monosaccharides, commonly bound only core (alpha1-6) fucosylated N-glycans, and did not the other oligosaccharides examined, including (alpha1-2), (alpha1-3), and (alpha1-4) fucosylated glycans. The specific binding of hypninA3 with the fucosylated N-glycans (Ka; 0.52-7.58 x 10(6) M(-1)) was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance analyses on an immobilized glycoprotein with and without core (alpha1-6) fucose. Such specificity of hypninA is clearly distinct from those of other known fucose-binding lectins, making it a valuable tool for cancer diagnosis and quality control of medicinal antibodies. HypninA3 is a polypeptide composed of 90 amino acids containing four half-cystines.
Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
Satomi
S
Okuyama
Sachiko
S
Nakamura-Tsuruta
Hiroaki
H
Tateno
Jun
J
Hirabayashi
Kiminori
K
Matsubara
Kanji
K
Hori
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003555:Cystinuria; D005643:Fucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D005947:Glucose; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D010455:Peptides; D011134:Polysaccharides; D005643:Fucose; D005947:Glucose