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GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 511-518Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019617728660
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Unio elongatulus; fertilization process; sperm-egg interaction; glycoprotein; N-glycans; mannose rich oligosaccharides
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Gp273, a glycoprotein of the egg extracellular coats of the mollusc bivalve Unio elongatulus, is the ligand molecule for sperm-egg interaction during fertilization. In this study we have analyzed the N-glycans from gp273. N-glycans were enzymatically released by PNGase F digestion and their structures were elucidated by normal phase HPLC profiling of the 2-aminobenzamide-labeled N-glycans, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and H-1 NMR spectroscopy. The combined data revealed that the N-glycans of gp273 consist of Glc(1)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) and Man(9)GlcNAc(2). In Unio, the presence of noncomplex-type N-glycans parallels the inefficacy of these glycans in the ligand function. Their role in the protection of the polypeptide chain from proteolytic attack is suggested by the electrophoretic patterns obtained after enzymatic digestion of the native and the N-deglycosylated protein. These results are discussed in the light of the evolution of the recognition and adhesion properties of oligosaccharide chains in the fertilization process.
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