activity toward glycoproteins, whereas chimeric Fuc-TIII and Fuc-TV had a decreased activity with glycosphingolipids, compared to the full-length enzymes. Unexpectedly, chimeric Fuc-TV exhibited a GDP-fucose hydrolyzing activity. In substrates with multiple acceptor sites, the preferred site of fucosylation was identified. Fuc-TIII and Fuc-TV catalyzed fucose transfer exclusively to OH-3 of glucose in
在COS-7细胞中表达的
重组全长,与膜结合的岩藻糖基转移酶的受体特异性以及α1,
3-岩藻糖基转移酶(Fuc-T)III,Fuc-TIV和Fuc-的可溶性蛋白A嵌合形式电视被分析为各种
寡糖,
糖脂和糖蛋白底物。我们对全长酶的研究结果证实并扩展了先前的研究。然而,与全长酶相比,嵌合Fuc-Ts对糖蛋白的活性增加,而嵌合Fuc-TIII和Fuc-TV对糖鞘脂的活性却降低。出乎意料的是,嵌合的Fuc-TV表现出GDP-岩藻糖的
水解活性。在具有多个受体位点的底物中,鉴定了岩藻糖基化的优选位点。1 H NMR光谱证实,Fuc-TIII和Fuc-TV分别催化将岩藻糖仅转移至
乳糖N-新四糖和
乳糖N-四糖中
葡萄糖的OH-3上。薄层色谱免疫染色显示,FucT-IV首选nLc6Cer中的远端GlcNAc残基,而Fuc-TV则首选近端G1-cNAc残基。将Fuc-TIV或Fuc-TV与VI3NeuAcnLc6Cer