Peptide-N4-(N-acetylglucosaminyl)asparagine amidase (PNGase) activity could explain the occurrence of extracellular xylomannosides in a plant cell suspension

Glycoconj J. 1992 Aug;9(4):191-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00731164.

Abstract

We have previously isolated mannoside and xylomannoside oligosaccharides with one or two terminal reducing N-acetylglucosamine residues from the extracellular medium of white campion (Silene alba) suspension culture. We have now demonstrated the presence of peptide-N4-(N-acetylglucosaminyl)asparagine amidase (PNGase) activity in cell extracts as well in the culture medium that could explain the production of those compounds. An additional xylomannoside, (GlcNAc)Man3(Xyl)GlcNAc(Fuc)GlcNAc, was characterized, and 1H- and 13C-NMR assignments for the oligosaccharide Man3(Xyl)GlcNAc(Fuc)GlcNAc were obtained using homonuclear and heteronuclear spectroscopy (COSY).

MeSH terms

  • Amidohydrolases / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mannosides / analysis*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / isolation & purification
  • Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase
  • Plants / chemistry*
  • Plants / enzymology

Substances

  • Mannosides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Amidohydrolases
  • Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase