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FEBS LETTERS
卷 582, 期 11, 页码 1593-1598出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.04.003
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glucuronic acid; glycoprotein; O-glycosylation; Drosophila melanogaster
Previous studies of the mucin-type O-glycome of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster have revealed a restricted pattern of neutral core-type glycans corresponding to the Tn-(Gal-NAc alpha) and the T-antigen (Gal beta 1-3GalNAc alpha). In particular, no extension of the core 1 glycan with acidic sugars, like sialic acid, was detected. Here we report on the identification of an acidic O-linked trisaccharide expressed on secreted endogenous and recombinant glycoproteins of the embryonal hemocyte-like Drosophila Schneider-2 (S2) cell line. The glycan is composed of glucuronic acid, galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine and its structure was determined as GlcA1-3Gal1-3GalNAc. The O-linked trisaccharide resembles the peripheral structures of acidic D. melanogaster glycosphingolipids. Glucuronic acid may substitute for sialic acid in this organism, however its expression on the S2 cell surface may only marginally contribute to the negative surface charge as revealed by free-flow cell electrophoresis prior to and after beta-glucuronidase treatment of the cells. (C) 2008 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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