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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
Prespore-specific antigen (PsA) is a putative cell-adhesion molecule of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum, which has a similar molecular architecture to several mammalian cell-surface proteins. It has an N-terminal globular domain presented to the extracellular environment on an O-glycosylated stem (glycopeptide) that is attached to the cell membrane through a glycosyl-PtdIns anchor. The sequence of PsA suggests that PsA may belong to a new family of cell-surface molecules and here we present information on the structure of the N-terminal globular domain and determine the reducing-terminal linkage of the O-glycosylation. To obtain a sufficient amount of pure protein, a secreted recombinant form of PsA (rPsA), was expressed in D. discoideum and characterised. 1H-NMR spectra of rPsA contained features consistent with a high degree of beta-sheet in the N-terminal globular domain, a feature commonly observed in cell-adhesion proteins. Solid-phase Edman degradation of the glycopeptide of rPsA indicated that 14 of the 15 threonines and serines in the spacer region were glycosylated. The chemical structures of the O-glycosylations were determined to be single N-acetylglucosamine residues.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
238
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
511-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Acetylglucosamine, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Carbohydrate Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Chromatography, Gas, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Dictyostelium, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Glycopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8681966-Trypsin
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant prespore-specific antigen from Dictyostelium discoideum is a beta-sheet glycoprotein with a spacer peptide modified by O-linked N-acetylglucosamine.
pubmed:affiliation
Macquarie University Centre for Analytical Biotechnology, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't