Abstract
The synthesis of phytohemagglutinin (PHA), the major seed lectin ofPhaseolus vulgaris, was investigated inXenopus oocytes injected with RNA isolated from developing bean cotyledons. As is the case for normal PHA, oocyte-synthesized PHA polypeptides were found to contain two asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chains, one of which was of the high-mannose type and the other one of the Golgi-modified type, being largely resistant to endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H digestion and containing fucose. The modified oligosaccharide chain of oocyte-synthesized PHA appeared to be much larger and more heterogeneous with respect to the modified chain normally present on PHA. When the oocytes were injected with purified mRNA for PHA, isolated by hybrid-selection using a PHA complementary-DNA clone, the results were the same as those obtained by injecting total cotyledonary RNA. On the whole, these results indicate that plant glycoproteins are directed to the Golgi complex even when synthesized in an animal cell, and that correct sorting of the oligosaccharide chains to be processed is independent of the cell-type in which protein synthesis occurs. The form of processing is however cell-type specific.
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Abbreviations
- endo H:
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endo H-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H
- ER:
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endoplasmic reticulum
- PHA:
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phytohemagglutinin
- SDS-PAGE:
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sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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Vitale, A., Sturm, A. & Bollini, R. Regulation of processing of a plant glycoprotein in the Golgi complex: A comparative study usingXenopus oocytes. Planta 169, 108–116 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01369781
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