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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 388, 期 -, 页码 515-525出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20042091
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Arabidopsis; glycosyltransferase; Golgi apparatus; N-glycan biosynthesis; proteolytic processing; xylosyltransferase
XylT (beta 1,2-xylosyltransferase) is a unique Golgi-bound glycosyl-transferase that is involved in the biosynthesis of glycoproteinbound N-glycans in plants. To delineate the catalytic domain of XylT, a series of N-terminal deletion mutants was heterologously expressed in insect cells. Whereas the first 54 residues could be deleted without affecting the catalytic activity of the enzyme, removal of an additional five amino acids led to the fort-nation of an inactive protein. Characterization of the N-glycosylation status of recombinant XylT revealed that all three potential N-glycosylation sites of the protein are occupied by N-linked oligosaccharides. However, an unglycosylated version of the enzyme displayed substantial catalytic activity, demonstrating that N-glycosylation is not essential for proper folding of XylT. In contrast with most other glycosyltransferases, XylT is enzymatically active in the absence of added metal ions. This feature is not due to any metal ion directly associated with the enzyme. The precise acceptor substrate specificity of XylT was assessed with several physiologically relevant compounds and the xylosylated reaction products were subsequently tested as substrates of other Golgi-resident glycosyltransferases. These experiments revealed that the substrate specificity of XylT permits the enzyme to act at multiple stages of the plant N-glycosylation pathway.
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