PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL SIALIDASE FOUND IN PROCYCLIC CULTURE FORMS OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI

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作者
ENGSTLER, M [1 ]
REUTER, G [1 ]
SCHAUER, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV KIEL, INST BIOCHEM, OLSHAUSENSTR 40, W-2300 KIEL 1, GERMANY
关键词
TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI; SIALIDASE; GLYCOLIPID ANCHOR;
D O I
10.1016/0166-6851(92)90091-W
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
A membrane-bound sialidase (EC 3.2.1.18) was found in procyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei. The mammalian stage bloodstream form, however, displayed no sialidase activity. This sialidase is an integral surface protein, linked to the membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. After osmotic lysis and solubilization with Triton CF-54, the enzyme was purified 1900-fold by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. Its size, as determined by conventional and high-performance liquid gel chromatography, is 67 kDa. The sialidase is active over a broad pH and temperature range with optima at pH 6.9 and 35-degrees-C, respectively. No loss of activity is observed after 4 freeze-thaw cycles. T. brucei sialidase activity is inhibited by N-(4-nitrophenyl)oxamic acid and 2-deoxy-2,3-didehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid, the latter, however, being less effective. N-Acetylneuraminic acid shows no inhibitory effect, whereas a variety of metal ions are potent inhibitors. The sialidase is activated by di- and tricarboxylic acids, but inhibited by chloride. Relative hydrolysis rates of various sialic acid-containing compounds reveal that de-O-acetylated bovine submandibular gland mucin is the preferred substrate and that alpha(2-3)-linkages are hydrolyzed faster than alpha(2-6)-linkages.
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