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Differential biosynthesis of polysialic acid on neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and oligosaccharide acceptors by three distinct alpha 2,8-sialyltransferases, ST8Sia IV (PST), ST8Sia II (STX), and ST8Sia III. 2000

K Angata, and M Suzuki, and J McAuliffe, and Y Ding, and O Hindsgaul, and M Fukuda
Glycobiology Program, Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

Polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is thought to play a critical role in neural development. Polysialylation of NCAM was shown to be achieved by two alpha2,8-polysialyltransferases, ST8Sia IV (PST) and ST8Sia II (STX), which are moderately related to another alpha2,8-sialyltransferase, ST8Sia III. Here we describe that all three alpha2,8-sialyltransferases can utilize oligosaccharides as acceptors but differ in the efficiency of adding polysialic acid on NCAM. First, we found that ST8Sia III can form polysialic acid on the enzyme itself (autopolysialylation) but not on NCAM. These discoveries prompted us to determine if ST8Sia IV and ST8Sia II share the property of ST8Sia III in utilizing low molecular weight oligosaccharides as acceptors. By using a newly established method, we found that ST8Sia IV, ST8Sia II, and ST8Sia III all add oligosialic and polysialic acid on various sialylated N-acetyllactosaminyl oligosaccharides, including NCAM N-glycans, fetuin N-glycans, synthetic sialylated N-acetyllactosamines, and on alpha(2)-HS-glycoprotein. Our results also showed that monosialyl and disialyl N-acetyllactosamines can serve equally as an acceptor, suggesting that no initial addition of alpha2,8-sialic acid is necessary for the action of polysialyltransferases. Polysialylation of NCAM by ST8Sia IV and ST8Sia II is much more efficient than polysialylation of N-glycans isolated from NCAM. Moreover, ST8Sia IV and ST8Sia II catalyze polysialylation of NCAM much more efficiently than ST8Sia III. These results suggest that no specific acceptor recognition is involved in polysialylation of low molecular weight sialylated oligosaccharides, whereas the enzymes exhibit pronounced acceptor specificities if glycoproteins are used as acceptors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012794 Sialic Acids A group of naturally occurring N-and O-acyl derivatives of the deoxyamino sugar neuraminic acid. They are ubiquitously distributed in many tissues. N-Acetylneuraminic Acids,Acids, N-Acetylneuraminic,Acids, Sialic,N Acetylneuraminic Acids
D012799 Sialyltransferases A group of enzymes with the general activity CMP-N-acetylneuraminate:acceptor N-acetylneuraminyl transferase. They catalyze the transfer of N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID from CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID to an acceptor, which is usually the terminal sugar residue of an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid. Glycoprotein Sialyltransferases,Glycosyltransferase Family 29,Sialyltransferase,Ectosialyltransferase,Glycoprotein Sialyltransferase,Sialyltransferase, Glycoprotein,Sialyltransferases, Glycoprotein
D019006 Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules Cell adhesion molecule involved in a diverse range of contact-mediated interactions among neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and myotubes. It is widely but transiently expressed in many tissues early in embryogenesis. Four main isoforms exist, including CD56; (CD56 ANTIGEN); but there are many other variants resulting from alternative splicing and post-translational modifications. (From Pigott & Power, The Adhesion Molecule FactsBook, 1993, pp115-119) Cell Adhesion Molecule, Neural,NCAM,Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule,Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neural

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