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The occurrence of α-d-mannosidase II activity in insect cells was studied using pyridylaminated oligosaccharides as substrates and two-dimensional HPLC and glycosidase digestion for the analysis of products. GlcNAcMan5GlcNAc2 was converted to GlcNAcMan3GlcNAc2 by each of the three cell lines investigated (Bm-N, Sf-21, and Mb-0503). The respective activity was highest in Bm-N cells which were used for further experiments. Man5GlcNAc2 was not degraded by the Bm-N cell homogenate. Thus, this α-mannosidase essentially exhibits the same substrate specificity as mammalian and plant Golgi α-mannosidase II. The α-mannosidase II-like activity from Bm-N cells exhibits a pH optimum of 6.0–6.5, has no requirement for divalent metal ions, and is highly sensitive to swainsonine. The α1,6-linked mannosyl residue is removed first as deduced from the elution time on reversed phase HPLC of the intermediate product. The same branch preference was found with α-mannosidase II from mung bean seedlings andXenopus liver. Upon ultracentrifugation of Bm-N cell homogenate, 72% of the mannosidase acting on the GlcNAcMan5GlcNAc2 substrate was found in the microsomal pellet indicating the enzyme to be membrane-bound
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Abbreviations
- Endo H (Endo D):
-
endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H (D)
- GlcNAc:
-
N-acetylglucosamine
- M3, M5, M5Gn etc.:
-
oligosaccharides — for an explanation see Table 1
- -PA:
-
-pyridylamine.
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Altmann, F., März, L. Processing of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides in insect cells: evidence for α-mannosidase II. Glycoconjugate J 12, 150–155 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731359
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