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  • Title: O-linked L-fucose is present in Desmodus rotundus salivary plasminogen activator.
    Author: Gohlke M, Baude G, Nuck R, Grunow D, Kannicht C, Bringmann P, Donner P, Reutter W.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1996 Mar 29; 271(13):7381-6. PubMed ID: 8631761.
    Abstract:
    DSPAalpha1 (Desmodus rotundus salivary plasminogen activator), a plasminogen activator from the saliva of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, is an effective thrombolytic agent. An unusual type of posttranslational modification, in which L-fucose is O-glycosidically linked to threonine 61 in the epidermal growth factor domain was found for natural DSPAalpha1 and its recombinant form isolated from Chinese hamster ovary cells. In the present study a combination of carbohydrate and amino acid composition analysis, amino acid sequencing, and mass spectrometry revealed that the L-fucose is bound to residues 56-68 of DSPAalpha1. The amino acid sequence of this glycosylation site agreed with the suggested consensus sequence Cys-Xaa-Xaa-Gly-Gly-Ser/Thr-Cys described for other proteins. Anew strategy for the identification of the modified amino acid was established. Direct evidence for the occurrence of fucosyl-threonine was obtained by mass spectrometry after digestion of the glycopeptide with a mixture of peptidases. On the basis of these results, DSPAalpha1 is a suitable model for studying the influence of O-fucosylation on clearance rates, particularly in comparative studies with the identically fucosylated and structurally related tissue plasminogen activator.
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