Abstract
Mannosyl-P-dolichol (man-P-dol) has been shown to stimulate the early reactions of the dolichol pathway, specifically, the biosynthesis of GlcNAc-P-P-dol and GlcNAc-GlcNAc-P-P-dol, and thus may play a regulatory role in glycoprotein biosynthesis. The site of action of man-P-dol has previously been suggested to be the GlcNAc-transferase concerned with the formation of the monoglucosaminyl derivative. Since the concentration of the chitobiosyl compound also increases as a result of the presence of man-P-dol, the immediate site of the activation was reexamined. The effect of man-P-dol on the formation of GlcNAc-GlcNAc-P-P-dol using GlcNAc-P-P-dol synthesizedin situ or added exogenously as the substrate was investigated. In addition, the distribution of radioactivity in the glucosaminyl constituents of the products under the stimulatory conditions was determined. The results of these studies supported the conclusion that the stimulation of GlcNAc-lipid synthesis by man-P-dol is due to the enhanced synthesis of GlcNAc-P-P-dol. It is not a result of the activation of the GlcNAc-transferase catalyzing the attachment of the second GlcNAc residue for the biosynthesis of the chitobiosyl derivative.
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Abbreviations
- GlcNAc-P-P-dol:
-
N-acetylglucosaminylpyrophosphoryldolichol
- GlcNAc-GlcNAc-P-P-dol:
-
N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetylglucosaminylpyrophosphoryldolichol;
- chito:
-
N-N′-diacetylchitobiose
- man-P-dol:
-
mannosylphosphoryldolichol
- TX-100:
-
triton X-100
- Tes:
-
2-{[tris-(hydroxymethyl)-methyl]-amino}-ethanesulfonic acid
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Kean, E.L. Site of stimulation by mannosyl-P-dolichol of GlcNAc-lipid formation by microsomes of embryonic chick retina. Glycoconjugate J 13, 675–680 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731456
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