BIOSYNTHESIS OF GM1B AND SIMILAR NEOLACTOSERIES GANGLIOSIDES BY A PARTIALLY PURIFIED CHICKEN SKELETAL-MUSCLE SIALYLTRANSFERASE - EFFECT OF SPHINGOMYELIN AND ACETYLCHOLINE

被引:9
作者
DASGUPTA, S
CHIEN, JL
HOGAN, EL
机构
[1] Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
关键词
Acetylcholine; Ganglioside synthesis; Sialyltransferase; Skeletal muscle; Sphingomyelin;
D O I
10.1016/0304-4165(90)90207-D
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An α2 → 3 glycolipid galactosyl sialyltransferase (SAT3/4) has been partially purified from embryonic chicken skeletal muscle. It is preserved in 50 mM Hepes buffer (pH 6.8) containing 1% Triton CF-54 and 20% glycerol at -70°C for a period of 6 months without loss of activity. The SAT3/4 preparation transfers sialic acid to nLcOse4Cer, nLcOse6Cer and GgOse4Cer with respective Km values of 1.4, 0.83 and 0.45 mM. The activity is stimulated 2-3-fold at high substrate concentration and 6-8-fold at low substrate concentration; 0.01 and 0.005 μmol for asialo GM1 and 0.025 and 0.01 μmol for other glycolipids in the presence of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM) at an optimum concentration 0.75%. A higher concentration is inhibitory. SM from chicken muscle is more effective than that from bovine brain and the stimulation is qualitatively proportional to that of the saturated fatty acyl content of SM. Free fatty acids (palmitic and stearic), their sodium salts, other choline compounds including choline chloride, phosphorylcholine and acetylcholine either do not have any effect or are inhibitory. Acetylcholine, even in the presence of SM and PC, is strongly inhibitory (70%). © 1990.
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