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Biosynthesis of dolichyl pyrophosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl intermediates in liver microsomes from hibernating ground squirrels (Citellus citellus L.). 1984

B N Panayotov, and V I Zhivkov

Dolichyl pyrophosphate N-acetyl[14C]glucosamine was synthesized after incubation of liver microsomes from hibernating ground squirrels with UDP-N-acetyl[14C )glucosamine. The radioactivity of glycolipid formed by liver microsomes from hibernating ground squirrels was about 2-fold greater than by liver microsomes from active animals. Addition of exogenous dolichyl phosphate to the incubation mixture increased the formation of dolichyl pyrophosphate N-acetyl[14C]glucosamine by microsomes from both active and hibernating ground squirrels about 6 times. Liver microsomes from hibernating ground squirrels converted dolichyl pyrophosphate N-acetyl[14C]glucosamine into dolichyl pyrophosphate N,N'-diacetyl[14C]chitobiose in the presence of unlabelled UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. This conversion was maximal at 1.0 M concentration of unlabelled UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. The level of dolichyl phosphate assessed by the level of dolichyl pyrophosphate N-acetylglucosamine formation was nearly 2 times greater in liver microsomes from hibernating ground squirrels than from active animals.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008862	Microsomes, Liver	Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough.	Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D011103	Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Monosaccharides	These compounds function as activated monosaccharide carriers in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins and oligosaccharide phospholipids. Obtained from a nucleoside diphosphate sugar and a polyisoprenyl phosphate.	Isoprenoid Phosphate Monosaccharides,Monosaccharides, Isoprenoid Phosphate,Monosaccharides, Polyisoprenyl Phosphate,Phosphate Monosaccharides, Isoprenoid,Phosphate Monosaccharides, Polyisoprenyl
D011104	Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Oligosaccharides	These compounds function as activated glycosyl carriers in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins and glycophospholipids. Include the pyrophosphates.	Isoprenoid Phosphate Oligosaccharides,Oligosaccharides, Isoprenoid Phosphate,Oligosaccharides, Polyisoprenyl Phosphate,Phosphate Oligosaccharides, Isoprenoid,Phosphate Oligosaccharides, Polyisoprenyl
D011105	Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Sugars	Compounds functioning as activated glycosyl carriers in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins and glycophospholipids. They include the polyisoprenyl pyrophosphates.	Isoprenoid Phosphate Sugars,Sugar Pyrophosphorylpolyprenols,Phosphate Sugars, Isoprenoid,Phosphate Sugars, Polyisoprenyl,Pyrophosphorylpolyprenols, Sugar,Sugars, Isoprenoid Phosphate,Sugars, Polyisoprenyl Phosphate
D002854	Chromatography, Paper	An analytical technique for resolution of a chemical mixture into its component compounds. Compounds are separated on an adsorbent paper (stationary phase) by their varied degree of solubility/mobility in the eluting solvent (mobile phase).	Paper Chromatography,Chromatographies, Paper,Paper Chromatographies
D005260	Female		Females
D005964	Glucosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glucose from a nucleoside diphosphate glucose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. EC 2.4.1.-.	Glucosyltransferase
D006605	Hibernation	The dormant state in which some warm-blooded animal species pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs.	Hibernation, Artificial,Induced Hibernation,Artificial Hibernation,Artificial Hibernations,Hibernation, Induced,Hibernations,Induced Hibernations
D006868	Hydrolysis	The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.