Site-specific conformational alteration induced by sialylation of MUC1 tandem repeating glycopeptides at an epitope region for the anti-KL-6 monoclonal antibody.
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| Abstract |
Protein O-glycosylation is an essential step for controlling structure and biological functions of glycoproteins involving differentiation, cell adhesion, immune response, inflammation, and tumorigenesis and metastasis. This study provides evidence of site-specific structural alteration induced during multiple sialylation at Ser/Thr residues of the tandem repeats in human MUC1 glycoprotein. Systematic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study revealed that sialylation of the MUC1 tandem repeating glycopeptide, Pro-Pro-Ala-His-Gly-Val-Thr-Ser-Ala-Pro-Asp-Thr-Arg-Pro-Ala-Pro-Gly-Ser-Thr-Ala with core 2-type O-glycans at five potential glycosylation sites, afforded a specific conformational change at one of the most important cancer-relevant epitopes (Pro-Asp-Thr-Arg). This result indicates that disease-relevant epitope structures of human epithelial cell surface mucins can be altered both by the introduction of an inner GalNAc residue and by the distal sialylation in a peptide sequence-dependent manner. These data demonstrate the feasibility of NMR-based structural characterization of glycopeptides synthesized in a chemical and enzymatic manner in examining the conformational impact of the distal glycosylation at multiple O-glycosylation sites of mucin-like domains.
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| Authors | Takahiko Matsushita, Naoki Ohyabu, Naoki Fujitani, Kentaro Naruchi, Hiroki Shimizu, Hiroshi Hinou, Shin-Ichiro Nishimura |
| Journal | Biochemistry (Biochemistry) Vol. 52 Issue 2 Pg. 402-14 (Jan 15 2013) ISSN: 1520-4995 [Electronic] United States |
| PMID | 23259747 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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