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  • Title: O-linked fucose in glycoproteins from Chinese hamster ovary cells.
    Author: Stults NL, Cummings RD.
    Journal: Glycobiology; 1993 Dec; 3(6):589-96. PubMed ID: 8130391.
    Abstract:
    We report our discovery that many glycoproteins synthesized by Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells contain fucose in O-glycosidic linkage to polypeptide. To enrich for the possible presence of O-linked fucose, we studied the lectin-resistant mutant of CHO cells known as Lec1. Lec1 cells lack N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I and are therefore unable to synthesize complex-type N-linked oligosaccharides. Lec1 cells were metabolically radiolabelled with [6-3H]fucose and total glycoproteins were isolated. Glycopeptides were prepared by proteolysis and fractionated by chromatography on a column of concanavalin A (Con A)-Sepharose. The sets of fractionated glycopeptides were treated with mild base/borohydride to effect the beta-elimination reaction and release potential O-linked fucosyl residues. The beta-elimination produced [3H]fucitol quantitatively from [3H]fucose-labelled glycopeptides not bound by Con A-Sepharose, whereas none was generated by treatment of glycopeptides bound by the lectin. The total [3H]fucose-labelled glycoproteins from Lec1 cells were separated by SDS-PAGE and detected by fluorography. Treatment of selected bands of detectable glycoproteins with mild base/borohydride quantitatively generated [3H]fucitol. Pretreatment of the glycoproteins with N-glycanase prior to the SDS-PAGE method of analysis caused an enrichment in the percentage of radioactivity recovered as [3H]fucitol. Trypsin treatment of [3H]fucose-labelled intact CHO cells released glycopeptides that contained O-linked fucose, indicating that it is present in surface glycoproteins. These findings demonstrate that many glycoproteins from CHO cells contain O-linked fucosyl residues and raise new questions about its biosynthesis and possible function.
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