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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of UDP-galactose:N-acetylglucosamine 4 beta-galactosyltransferase activity induced in rat parotid glands treated with isoproterenol.
    Author: Humphreys-Beher MG.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1984 May 10; 259(9):5797-802. PubMed ID: 6201486.
    Abstract:
    Chronic injection of the beta-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol causes a 6- to 10-fold increase in the specific activity of the Golgi membrane marker enzyme UDP-galactose:D-glucose 4-beta-D-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.22) in rat parotid glands. Using a combination of size exclusion chromatography and affinity chromatography on alpha-lactalbumin-agarose, the Triton X-100-solubilized enzyme was purified to homogeneity from treated and control animals. The enzyme purified from both sources had a single Mr = 60,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme isolated from control and isoproterenol-treated animals had identical amino acid compositions and isoelectric points (pI = 5.9). Neutral sugar content as determined by the phenol-sulfuric acid assay was 10%. UDP-galactose:N-acetylglucosamine 4 beta-galactosyltransferase activity purified by alpha-lactalbumin column chromatography was inhibited by the presence of 200 mM N-acetylglucosamine and by the inclusion of alpha-lactalbumin in assays using 10 mM N-acetylglucosamine as acceptor. Increased enzyme activity was immune precipitated from Triton X-100-solubilized membrane prepared from isoproterenol-treated animals versus control animals. This was also true of protein synthesized by in vitro translation of poly(A+) RNA prepared from parotid glands, indicating an increase in mRNA levels for the enzyme. The molecular mass of the immune-precipitated, in vitro translation product was determined to be 45,000 Da.
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