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GLYCOBIOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages 1217-1228Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh129
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heparan sulfate; K5 polysaccharide; NDST-1; PAPS cycle; yeast
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Heparan sulfate/heparin N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase-1 (NDST-1) is a critical enzyme involved in heparan sulfate/ heparin biosynthesis. This dual-function enzyme modifies the GlcNAc-GlcA disaccharide repeating sugar backbone to make N-sulfated heparosan. N-sulfation is an absolute requirement for the subsequent epimerization and O-sulfation steps in heparan sulfate/heparin biosynthesis. We have expressed rat liver (r) NDST-1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a soluble protein. The yeast-expressed enzyme has both N-deacetylase and N-sulfotransferase activities. N-acetyl heparosan, isolated from Escherichia coli K5 polysaccharide, de-N-sulfated heparin and completely desulfated N-acetylated heparan sulfate are all good substrates for the rNDST-1. However, N-desulfated, N-acetylated heparin is a poor substrate. The rNDST-1 was partially purified on heparin Sepharose CL-6B. Purified rNDST-1 requires Mn2+ for its enzymatic activity, can utilize PAPS regenerated in vitro by the PAPS cycle (PAP plus para-nitrophenylsulfate in the presence of arylsulfotransferase IV), and with the addition of exogenous PAPS is capable of producing 60-65% N-sulfated heparosan from E. coli K5 polysaccharide or Pasteurella multocida polysaccharide.
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