Homogeneous Human Complex-Type Oligosaccharides in Correctly Folded Intact Glycoproteins: Evaluation of Oligosaccharide Influence On Protein Folding, Stability, and Conformational Properties

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 5944-5953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Kajihara ◽  
Yasutaka Tanabe ◽  
Shun Sasaoka ◽  
Ryo Okamoto
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Katsube ◽  
Natsuki Ebara ◽  
Megumi Maeda ◽  
Yoshinobu Kimura

During endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation, free N-glycans (FNGs) are produced from misfolded nascent glycoproteins via the combination of the cytosolic peptide N-glycanase (cPNGase) and endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (ENGase) in the plant cytosol. The resulting high-mannose type (HMT)-FNGs, which carry one GlcNAc residue at the reducing end (GN1-FNGs), are ubiquitously found in developing plant cells. In a previous study, we found that HMT-FNGs assisted in protein folding and inhibited β-amyloid fibril formation, suggesting a possible biofunction of FNGs involved in the protein folding system. However, whether these HMT-FNGs occur in the ER, an organelle involved in protein folding, remained unclear. On the contrary, we also reported the presence of plant complex type (PCT)-GN1-FNGs, which carry the Lewisa epitope at the non-reducing end, indicating that these FNGs had been fully processed in the Golgi apparatus. Since plant ENGase was active toward HMT-N-glycans but not PCT-N-glycans that carry β1-2xylosyl and/or α1-3 fucosyl residue(s), these PCT-GN1-FNGs did not appear to be produced from fully processed glycoproteins that harbored PCT-N-glycans via ENGase activity. Interestingly, PCT-GN1-FNGs were found in the extracellular space, suggesting that HMT-GN1-FNGs formed in the cytosol might be transported back to the ER and processed in the Golgi apparatus through the protein secretion pathway. As the first step in elucidating the production mechanism of PCT-GN1-FNGs, we analyzed the structures of free oligosaccharides in plant microsomes and proved that HMT-FNGs (Man9-7GlcNAc1 and Man9-8GlcNAc2) could be found in microsomes, which almost consist of the ER compartments.


2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (29) ◽  
pp. 8504-8512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wataru Nishima ◽  
Naoyuki Miyashita ◽  
Yoshiki Yamaguchi ◽  
Yuji Sugita ◽  
Suyong Re

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 501-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Yamamoto ◽  
Yasutaka Tanabe ◽  
Ryo Okamoto ◽  
Philip E. Dawson ◽  
Yasuhiro Kajihara

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. e0233492
Author(s):  
Ming-Hsuan Lee ◽  
Tsui-Ling Hsu ◽  
Jinn-Jy Lin ◽  
Yu-Ju Lin ◽  
Yi-Ying Kao ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 03 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
GIULIA IORI

We present a brief review of the main analytical and experimental results on the problem of protein folding. We will then discuss the conformational properties of the IMP model for an heteropolymeric chain at low and zero temperature. Finally we will analyze the dynamical relaxation of this system subject to the action of an external perturbation and we will discuss the localization of the normal oscillation modes around one stable configuration.


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