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  • Title: Distinct substrate specificities of five human alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases for in vivo synthesis of the sialyl Lewis x and Lewis x epitopes.
    Author: Kimura H, Shinya N, Nishihara S, Kaneko M, Irimura T, Narimatsu H.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1997 Aug 08; 237(1):131-7. PubMed ID: 9266844.
    Abstract:
    Five different human alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase genes, the Fuc-TIII, Fuc-TIV, Fuc-TV, Fuc-TVI and Fuc-TVII genes, have been cloned to date. We transfected HeLa cells and Namalwa cells with each of the five different genes, and established a series of stable cloned transformant cells. Thin-layer chromatography immunostaining analysis revealed that all five enzymes were able to synthesize sialyl Lewis x (sLe(x)) epitopes on glycolipids in HeLa cells, but each enzyme showed a different preference as to the carbohydrate chain length on glycolipids as acceptor substrates. Fuc-TIII and Fuc-TV showed very similar patterns of sLe(x) positive bands, which indicated that the enzymes have similar acceptor substrate specificities. Fuc-TVI exhibited a little different pattern from those of the former two enzymes. Fuc-TIV and Fuc-TVII showed similarity in the positive bands, however, their patterns were quite different from those of the former three enzymes. Four enzymes except for Fuc-TVII were able to synthesize the Lewis x (Le(x)) epitope on glycolipids in HeLa cells. Fuc-TV alone showed a little different pattern of Le(x) positive bands from those of the other three enzymes. Flow cytometric analysis of HeLa cells and Namalwa cells again demonstrated the similar specificities of Fuc-TIII and Fuc-TV. They exhibited similar stronger staining with FH6 (anti-sLe(x)) antibodies than that with the other enzymes. A phylogenetic tree of the five enzymes constructed using the neighbor-joining method showed good agreement with the similarities in the enzyme substrate specificity.
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