Application of an N-(4-azido-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluorobenzoyl)tyrosine-Substituted Peptide as a Heterobifunctional Cross-Linking Agent in A Study Of Protein O-glycosylation in Yeast

Peter J. Crocker, David S. Watt, Richard R. Drake, Margaret Abramova, Crislyn D'Souza, Alan D. Elbein, James T. Slama, Katherine A. Wall

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Abstract

In order to investigate the O-mannosyltransferase involved in the initial O-mannosylation of glycoproteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a photoactive hexapeptide, [125I]-AT-(4-azido-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluorobenzoyl)-3-iodo-Tyr-Asn-Pro-Thr-Ser-Val ([125I]azidoTyr-peptide), was synthesized by solid-phase techniques using a new photoactive cross-linking reagent, AT-(4-azido-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluorobenzoyl)tyrosine, and resin-bound Asn-Pro-Thr(tBu)-Ser(tBu)-Val. When this modified hexapeptide substrate was incubated with O-mannosyltransferase preparations, the hexapeptide was an acceptor of [14C]-mannose from dolichol phosphate-[14C]mannose. After partially purifying the O-mannosyltransferase and photolabeling these enzyme preparations with [125I] azidoTyr-peptide, a ca. 82-kDa protein was shown to be the only apparent photolabeled protein that was protected by unmodified hexapeptide. This ca. 82-kDa protein may be the catalytic subunit of the O-mannosyltransferase. The susceptibility of the Ar-(4-azido-2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluorobenzoyl) moiety to reducing agents in aqueous buffers was also examined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-73
Number of pages5
JournalBioconjugate Chemistry
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1992

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank the National Science Foundation (CHE- 8607441 to D.S.W.), the National Institutes of Health (DK 21800toA.D.E.),andtheUniversityofKentuckyResearch Committee for the purchase of GC and HPLC instru- mentation (for D.S.W.).

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FundersFunder number
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesR01DK021800

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biotechnology
    • Bioengineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Pharmacology
    • Pharmaceutical Science
    • Organic Chemistry

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