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Query: EC:2.4.99.6 (sialyltransferase)
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Membrane-associated sialyltransferase complexes in Escherichia coli K-235 can be dissociated by lipid deletion and reassembled by the addition of undecaprenyl phosphate, a unique membrane-bound lipid coenzyme. Following disruption of the cells by pressure disintegration and centrifugal fractionation, the sialyltransferase activity is assocatied with both a "particulate" and "soluble" complex. Kinetic studies as well as sugar nucleotide, metal ion, pH, ammonium sulfate, and thiol reagent requirements showed these two complexes contained functionally identical enzymatic activities. Isopycnic sucrose density gradient centrifugation studies carried out on unfractionated total membranes established that these sialytransferase activities were associated with membrane hybrids composed of different relative amounts of inner and outer membranes. Enzyme localization studies employing DPNH oxidase, a marker for the inner membrane, and relative phospholipid to protein composition determinations in the two complexes, provided added support for this conclusion. Sialyl polymer synthesis was not dependent on the incorporation of other monosaccharides and had no demonstrable metal ion requirement. Kinetic studies showed that the Km for cytidine 5-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid in intact soluble and particulate enzyme preparations was 8.1 times 10-5M and 9.2 times 105M, respectively. Similarly, both enzyme complexes had nearly identical Vmax values. Following reassembly of delipidated enzyme preparations, however, there was a 10-fold increase in the Km value for the particulate enzyme and a 3-fold increase for the soluble enzyme. This increase was accompanied by an increase of approximately the same magnitude in the Vmax values. Since the lipid coenzyme was limiting in intact enzyme preparations, the increase in Vmax reflected an increase in the concentration of the active lipid in reconstituted complexes. Sialyl polymer synthesis in intact membrane preparations was stimulated by the exogenous addition of lipid. Insertion of the carrier lipid was dependent on temperature. At 37 degrees, a 120% increase in sialytransferase activity was observed while only a 35% increase was observed at 30 percent. At 20 degrees, no stimulation occurred. Fluidity of the lipid phase is apparently required for proper function of this membraneassociated enzyme complex. Thus, at 20 degrees, a temperature below the membrane lipid transition temperature, the lipids are relatively immobile.
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PMID:Properties of membrane-associated sialyltransferase of Escherichia coli. 109 67

The membrane-bound sialyltransferase obtained from Escherichia coli K-235 grown in a chemically defined medium (ideal for colominic acid production) was studied. The in vivo half-life calculated for this enzyme was 20 h. Kinetic tests revealed (at 33 degrees C and pH 8.3) hyperbolic behaviour with respect to CMP-Neu5Ac (Km250 microM) and a transition temperature at 31.3 degrees C. The enzyme was inhibited by NH4+, some divalent cations and by several agents that react with thiol groups. Detergents and fatty acids also inhibited the sialyltransferase activity. In vitro synthesis of colominic acid is strongly inhibited by CMP by blocking the incorporation of [14C]Neu5Ac into a protein-complex intermediate and therefore into free polymer. CDP and CTP also inhibited (91% and 84%) this enzyme activity whereas cytosine and cytidine had no effect. CMP inhibition corresponded to a competitive model the calculated Ki was 30 microM. Incubations of protein[14C]Neu5Ac with CMP, CDP and CTP led to de novo synthesis of CMP-[14C]Neu5Ac. The presence of colominic acid, which usually displaces the reaction equilibrium towards polymer synthesis, did not affect this de novo CMP-[14C]Neu5Ac formation. CMP also inhibited in vivo colominic acid biosynthesis.
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PMID:In vitro synthesis of colominic acid by membrane-bound sialyltransferase of Escherichia coli K-235. Kinetic properties of this enzyme and inhibition by CMP and other cytidine nucleotides. 264 17

The negative effects of ammonium on recombinant protein productivity and glycosylation have been well documented, but the interaction of ammonium on glycosylation genes has not been completely elucidated. In this study, the effects of elevated ammonium on 12 glycosylation related genes in Chinese hamster ovary cells were evaluated by quantitative real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Numerous cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) localized genes associated with early glycosylation steps were insensitive to the ammonium condition. The initial expression of uridine diphosphate (UDP)-galactose transporter was higher for the ammonium-treated culture, while the initial expressions of cytosine monophosphate (CMP)-sialic acid transporter, beta(1,4)-galactosyltransferase, and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase were higher for the control culture. alpha(2,3)-sialyltransferase was observed to have lower expression level under the elevated ammonium condition compared to the control culture. This study indicates that galactosylation and sialylation inhibition is mainly due to decreased gene expression of galactosyltransferase, sialyltransferase, and CMP-sialic acid transporter and not due to sialidase. These unbalanced initial glycosylation and branching steps can explain the higher molecular heterogeneity under ammonium stress. Moreover, this study indicates that elevated ammonium has limited effects on the glycosylation genes associated with the ER and cytosol compared to the genes associated with the Golgi.
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PMID:Effects of elevated ammonium on glycosylation gene expression in CHO cells. 1638 Feb 82