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11251824

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Non-enzymatic glycosylation (glycation) is a chain of chemical reactions affecting free amino groups in proteins of long-living eukaryotes. It proceeds in several steps leading to the consecutive formation of Schiff bases, Amadori products and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). To our knowledge, this process has not been observed in prokaryotes so far. However, the present study provides clear-cut evidence that glycation takes place in bacteria despite their short life span. We have detected AGEs in recombinant human interferon gamma (rhIFN-gamma) produced in Escherichia coli as well as in total protein of the same bacterium using three different approaches: (i) Western blotting using two monoclonal antibodies raised against AGEs; (ii) fluorescent spectroscopy; and (iii) investigation of the effect of known AGE inhibitors (such as acetyl salicylic acid and thiamine) on the glycation reaction. Our study shows that non-enzymatic glycosylation is initiated during the normal growth of E. coli and results in AGE formation even after isolation of proteins. This process seems to be tightly associated with some post-translational modifications observed in the cysteineless rhIFN-gamma, such as covalent dimerization and truncation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1061-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for non-enzymatic glycosylation in Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gene Regulations, Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. rumym@obzor.bio21.bas.bg
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't