Cell-free biosynthesis of lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani. Characterization of microsomal galactosyltransferase and mannosyltransferase activities
1991
Carver, M.A. | Turco, S.J.
Incubation of microsomal preparations from Leishmania donovani parasites with UDP-[3H]galactose or GDP-[14C]mannose resulted in incorporation of radio-label into an endogenous product that exhibited the chemical and chromatographic characteristics of the parasite's major surface glycoconjugate, lipophosphoglycan. The [3H]galactose- or [14C]mannose-labeled product was (i) cleaved by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C; (ii) deaminated by nitrous acid; and (iii) degraded into radioactive, low molecular weight fragments upon hydrolysis with mild acid. Analysis of the products of mild acid hydrolysis revealed the presence of phosphorylated Gal-beta-Man as the major fragment with lesser amounts of mono-, tri-, and tetrasaccharides. The incorporation of the two isotopic precursors was neither stimulated by the addition of dolichylphosphate nor inhibited by amphomycin, indicating that dolichol-saccharide intermediates are not involved in assembly of the repeating units of lipophosphoglycan. Development of this cell-free glycosylating system will facilitate further studies on the pathway and enzymes involved in lipophosphoglycan biosynthesis.
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