Biomaterial Database

Sulphate release from keratan sulphate and heparan sulphate by bovine N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulphate sulphatase. 1995

A Shilatifard, and R D Cummings

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, 73104, USA.

The functions of sulphated monosaccharides within glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and glycoproteins are being studied intensely, but progress is hindered by an inability to selectively desulphate glycoconjugates. We recently identified an N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulphate sulphatase (NG6SS) from bovine kidney that can remove sulphate from N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulphate (GlcNAc-6-SO4) within oligosaccharides and glycoproteins. However, the potential 'endosulphatase' activity of the NG6SS toward GAGs is not known. To test for this possibility, [3H]glucosamine-, [3H]galactose- and 35SO4-labelled keratan sulphate (KS) were separately prepared by metabolic radiolabelling of bovine cornea. NG6SS quantitatively removed sulphate from KS without release of sugar fragments. The enzyme had a Km of 4.7 mM toward free GlcNAc-6-SO4, but its Km for commercially available bovine corneal KS was found to be 9.1 microM. Analyses of both KS and heparan sulphate after treatment with NG6SS demonstrated significant loss of sulphate from GlcNAc-6-SO4 in both GAGs. These findings may be relevant for future studies aimed at defining the function(s) of GlcNAc-6-SO4 residues in GAGs and understanding the catabolism of GAGs, especially in regard to sulphatidoses, such as Sanfilippo D syndrome in humans, which involves a deficiency of NG6SS activity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007632	Keratan Sulfate	A sulfated mucopolysaccharide initially isolated from bovine cornea. At least two types are known. Type I, found mostly in the cornea, contains D-galactose and D-glucosamine-6-O-sulfate as the repeating unit; type II, found in skeletal tissues, contains D-galactose and D-galactosamine-6-O-sulfate as the repeating unit.	Keratosulfate,Sulfate, Keratan
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
D002240	Carbohydrate Sequence	The sequence of carbohydrates within POLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCOPROTEINS; and GLYCOLIPIDS.	Carbohydrate Sequences,Sequence, Carbohydrate,Sequences, Carbohydrate
D002417	Cattle	Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.	Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D002852	Chromatography, Ion Exchange	Separation technique in which the stationary phase consists of ion exchange resins. The resins contain loosely held small ions that easily exchange places with other small ions of like charge present in solutions washed over the resins.	Chromatography, Ion-Exchange,Ion-Exchange Chromatography,Chromatographies, Ion Exchange,Chromatographies, Ion-Exchange,Ion Exchange Chromatographies,Ion Exchange Chromatography,Ion-Exchange Chromatographies
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
D006497	Heparitin Sulfate	A heteropolysaccharide that is similar in structure to HEPARIN. It accumulates in individuals with MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS.	Heparan Sulfate,Sulfate, Heparan,Sulfate, Heparitin
D006868	Hydrolysis	The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013429	Sulfatases	A class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfate ESTERS.	Sulfatase