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  • Title: Glycosyltransfer by pea membranes from sugar nucleotides to added prenyl phosphates.
    Author: Torossian K, Maclachlan G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1987 Sep 11; 925(3):305-13. PubMed ID: 2956995.
    Abstract:
    Pea membranes supplied with GDP-[14C]mannose, UDP-N-[14C]acetylglucosamine or UDP-[14C]glucose catalyze the transfer of 14C-labeled sugars or sugar phosphates to endogenous lipid acceptors as well as to exogenously added dolichyl phosphates. Fully unsaturated polyprenyl phosphates were not used as effective acceptors by this system. Mannosyl-P-dolichol was formed most rapidly in the presence of long-chained dolichyl-P while mannosyl-PP-, glucosyl-PP- and GlcNAc-PP-dolichol were preferentially formed from relatively short-chained dolichyl phosphate acceptors. Glucosyl-PP- and mannosyl-PP-dolichol accumulated in the preparation without further metabolism, but GlcNAc-PP-dolichol was lengthened by addition of a second GlcNAc plus several [14C]mannose units to form an oligosaccharide fraction susceptible to the action of endoglycosidase H. This lipid-linked oligosaccharide could then be glycosylated in the presence of UDP-[14C]glucose to form a longer oligosaccharide. It is concluded that levels of endogenous dolichyl phosphates in pea membranes are rate-limiting for several of the key glycosyltransferases required for oligosaccharide assembly.
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