Structural analysis of N-linked oligosaccharide of mitogenic lectin-B from the roots of pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1996 Mar;60(3):537-40. doi: 10.1271/bbb.60.537.

Abstract

The structure of an asparagine (N-) linked oligosaccharide of pokeweed lectin-B (PL-B) and the amino acid sequences around two glycosylation sites were identified. The pyridylamino (PA) oligosaccharide prepared from PL-B was eluted as a single peak on both reversed-phase (RP-) HPLC and size-fractionation (SF-) HPLC, and its structure was estimated to be Man alpha 1-->6(Man alpha 1-->3)(Xyl beta 1-->2) Man beta 1-->4GlcNAc beta 1-->4(Fuc alpha 1-->3)GlcNAc by a combination of component analysis, successive exoglycosidase digestions, IS-MS analysis, and 500 MHz 1H-NMR. Two tryptic glycopeptides were isolated from the reduced and S-pyridylethylated PL-B after gel filtration followed by RP-HPLC, indicating the presence of two glycosylation sites in PL-B. The amino acid sequences around the two glycosylation sites were determined to be Cys-Gly-Val-Asp-Phe-Gly-Asn(CHO)-Arg.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Glycosylation
  • Lectins / analysis*
  • Lectins / chemistry
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / analysis*
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Plant Lectins
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Pokeweed Mitogens / analysis*
  • Pokeweed Mitogens / chemistry

Substances

  • Lectins
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Plant Lectins
  • Pokeweed Mitogens