Dolichyl phosphate-dependent glycosyltransferases utilize truncated cofactors.
Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler
; 372(11): 1021-6, 1991 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Synthetic truncated dolichyl phosphates of chain lengths from four to thirteen isoprene units (Jaenicke L. and Siegmund H.-U., Chem. Phys. Lipids 51 (1989) 159-170) were assayed for their cofactor activity in the enzymatic transfer of hexoses and hexosamines. The enzymes were microsomal preparations from the green alga Volvox carteri, baker's yeast, and mammalian liver cells. Under saturating conditions, the acceptor activities of the truncated dolichyl phosphates increased from zero to full strength as compared to the mixture of long-chain dolichyl phosphates from natural sources with growing chain length from five to nine isoprene units. Km determinations confirmed the results. Of the geometric isomers of dolichyl 7-phosphate (35 carbon atoms), the 14-trans compound has unchanged acceptor activity; all-trans dolichyl 7-phosphate, however, was almost inactive. The data suggest that hydrophobicity may be an important, but not the only criterion for the binding of the isoprene moiety to the active sites of the transferase enzyme(s) and that the geometry of more than only one double bond in the dolichols is recognized.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Glicosiltransferases
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Coenzimas
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Fosfatos de Dolicol
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
1991
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Article