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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
De-N-acetylation of N-acetylglucosaminyl-phosphatidylinositol (GlcNAc-PI) is the second step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) membrane anchor biosynthesis in eukaryotes. This step is a prerequisite for the subsequent mannosylation of glucosaminyl-phosphatidylinositol (GlcN-PI) which leads to mature GPI membrane anchor precursors, which are transferred to certain proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. The substrate specificities of the GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase activities of African trypanosomes and human (HeLa) cells were studied with respect to the N-acyl groups (R) that could be removed from a series of GlcNR-PI substrates, where R=acetyl (Ac), propionyl (Pr), butyryl (Bu), isobutyryl (iBu), pentanoyl (Pen) or hexanoyl (Hex). The data show that the trypanosomal and HeLa enzymes had similar specificities and that the turnover of GlcNR-PIs by the trypanosomal enzyme was in the order GlcNAc-PI>GlcNPr-PI>>GlcNBu - PI approximately GlcNiBu - PI approximately GlcNPen - PI>>GlcNHex - PI. The trypanosome and HeLa de-N-acetylases were unable to de-N-acetylate mannosylated GlcNAc-PI intermediates, which explains why de-N-acetylation must precede mannosylation in the GPI biosynthetic pathway.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
328 ( Pt 1)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Substrate specificity of the N-acetylglucosaminyl-phosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylase of glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane anchor biosynthesis in African trypanosomes and human cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Carbohydrate Research Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't