Purification and structural characterization of a filamentous, mucin-like proteophosphoglycan secreted by Leishmania parasites

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Ilg, T
Stierhof, YD
Craik, D
Simpson, R
Handman, E
Bacic, A
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST BIOL,D-72076 TUBINGEN,GERMANY
[2] UNIV QUEENSLAND,CTR DRUG DESIGN & DEV,BRISBANE,QLD 4072,AUSTRALIA
[3] LUDWIG INST CANC RES,MELBOURNE,VIC 3050,AUSTRALIA
[4] WALTER & ELIZA HALL INST MED RES,JOINT PROT STRUCT LAB,MELBOURNE,VIC 3050,AUSTRALIA
[5] UNIV MELBOURNE,SCH BOT,PLANT CELL BIOL RES CTR,PARKVILLE,VIC 3052,AUSTRALIA
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10.1074/jbc.271.35.21583
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania secrete a filamentous macromolecule that forms networks and appears to be associated with cell aggregation. We report here the purification of this parasite antigen from Leishmania major culture supernatant and its compositional (75.6% carbohydrate, 20% phosphate, 4.4% amino acids, w/w), structural, and ultrastructural characterization as a highly unusual proteophosphoglycan (PPG). Mild acid hydrolysis, which cleaves preferentially hexose 1-phosphate bonds, releases the PPG glycans. Their structures are Gal beta 1-4Man, Man alpha 1-2Man, Gal beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Man, PO4-6(Gal beta 1-3)(0-2)Gal beta 1-4Man, and PO4-6(Ara beta 1-2Gal beta 1-3)Gal beta 1-4Man. These glycans are also components of the parasite glycolipid lipophosphoglycan, but their relative abundance and structural organization in PPG are different. Some of them represent novel forms of protein glycosylation. P-31 NMR on native PPG demonstrates that phosphate is exclusively in phosphodiester bonds and that the basic structure R-Man alpha 1-PO4-6-Gal-R connects the glycans. A phosphodiester linkage to phosphoserine (most likely R-Man alpha 1-PO4-Ser) anchors the PPG oligosaccharides to the polypeptide. PPG has a unique amino acid composition; glycosylated phosphoserine (>43 mol %), serine, alanine, and proline account for more than 87 mol % and appear to be clustered in large proteinase-resistant domains. Electron microscopy of purified PPG reveals cable-like, flexible, long (to 6 mu m), and unbranched filaments. The overall structure of PPG shows many similarities to mammalian mucins. Potential functions of this novel mucin-like molecule for the parasites are discussed.
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