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Query: EC:3.1.26.9 (ribonuclease)
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Streptococcus oralis when cultured using ribonuclease B as the sole source of carbohydrate, selectively uses the sugars of the Man5 glycoform as shown by HPAEC and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric analyses. The organism is able to do this by producing novel alpha-(1-->3), alpha-(1-->6) and beta-(1-->4) mannosidase activities and these act in a concerted manner in what appears as a single-step process. The selective utilisation of Man5 is explained by the absence of an alpha-(1-->2) mannosidase which is required to initiate breakdown of the glycan chains present in the other glycoforms which are components of the glycoprotein.
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PMID:Evidence for mannosidase activities in Streptococcus oralis when grown on glycoproteins as carbohydrate source. 983 55

Oligomers of glucose and oligosaccharides released from glycoproteins were derivatized with 2-aminobenzamide. As this fluorophore imparts no charge to the oligosaccharides, several strategies were investigated to achieve capillary electrophoresis (CE) separation of both neutral and charged derivatized glycans. Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) with the addition of anionic surfactants was evaluated as a first approach: sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) produced the best separation of the oligoglucose fragments, where the migration was inversely related to their degree of polymerization. To demonstrate the applicability of this method for complex carbohydrate analysis, oligosaccharide mixtures derived from ribonuclease B (RNase B) and alpha-acid glycoprotein (alpha-AGP) were analyzed. A satisfactory separation for the high-mannose structures found in RNase B could be obtained, whereas charged oligosaccharides from alpha-AGP were poorly resolved. Cyclodextrin-modified CE was chosen as the second approach: the effect of the addition of sulfobutylether-beta-cyclodextrin (SBE-beta-CD) or sulfobutylether-gamma-cyclodextrin (SBE-gamma-CD) on the electrophoretic mobilities and resolution of neutral and charged oligosaccharides was then studied. Selectivity of sialylated structures could be further improved by using anionic cyclodextrins (CDs) instead of micelles. However, this latter approach failed to baseline-resolve the different high-mannose structures of RNase B. A successful separation of the complex mixture of oligosaccharides from alphaalpha-AGP was obtained with the addition of 4% of SBE-gamma-CD and triethylamine (TEA) in a phosphate buffer, pH 6.7.
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PMID:Investigation of micelles and anionic cyclodextrins as pseudostationary phases for the capillary electrophoresis separation of oligosaccharides derivatized with 2-amino-benzamide. 984 71

Eosinophil derived neurotoxin (EDN) is a ubiquitous human ribonuclease, occurring not only in eosinophils, but also in many tissues and body fluids. It may be a contaminant of commercial human urinary preparations of chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and other glycoprotein hormones. Here we describe the use of a fast commercial assay to quantify this contaminant and demonstrate that the content varies much between different commercial glycoprotein hormone preparations. As this ribonuclease may have a cytotoxic activity on certain cells, it is useful to be able to determine its quantity in a fast and reliable way in these preparations.
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PMID:Eosinophil derived neurotoxin (EDN) levels in commercial human urinary preparations of glycoprotein hormones. 1019 98

Using ribonuclease B and human alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) as model glycoproteins, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry with collision-induced dissociation (CID) is validated here as an effective tool for oligosaccharide sequencing. The spectra acquired for high-mannose and complex oligosaccharide structures show characteristic fragments resulting from cleavages of the glycosidic bonds and a few cross-ring cleavages. Esterification of the sialic acid residues is essential in stabilizing the acidic N-linked oligosaccharides. An important analytical feature observed in all acquired spectra is the occurrence of cleavages on the same antenna up to the branching point, as deduced from the absence of fragmentation due to the simultaneous cleavages on two or more antennas.
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PMID:Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of neutral and acidic oligosaccharides with collision-induced dissociation. 1020 63

Two different respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) radiolabeled probes were used to characterize the genetic heterogeneity of 25 ruminant RSV isolates by the ribonuclease protection assay. A 32P-radiolabeled antisense RNA probe was transcribed from cloned ovine and bovine RSV G glycoprotein genes and then hybridized with total RNA isolated from infected cells with various ruminant RSV isolates. The results of this study, along with previously published nucleotide sequence data of the ovine RSV G glycoprotein gene, suggest the presence of at least 2 ruminant RSV subgroups. One subgroup is represented by RSV isolated from respiratory disease outbreaks from calves and goats, and the other is represented by RSV isolated from sheep.
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PMID:Analysis of ruminant respiratory syncytial virus isolates by RNAse protection of the G glycoprotein transcripts. 1035 51

Mimecan is a proteoglycan expressed by many connective tissues. It was originally isolated in a truncated form as a bone-associated glycoprotein, osteoglycin, and was considered an osteoinductive factor. Recently, we demonstrated that the full-length translation product of the cDNA encoding mimecan is a corneal keratan sulfate proteoglycan present in other tissues without keratan sulfate chains. We also described multiple mimecan mRNA transcripts generated by differential splicing and alternative polyadenylation. In this study, we isolated genomic clones and determined the genomic organization of the bovine mimecan gene. The gene is spread over >33 kilobases of continuous DNA sequence and contains eight exons. The newly discovered first exon, identified by 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, consists of a 5'-untranslated region and is enriched in C+G nucleotides. Two transcription initiation sites starting at the first and at the second exons were determined by primer extension. Molecular characterization shows that alternatively spliced RNA isoforms are generated by the use of two distinct splice acceptor sites in the third exon situated 278 base pairs apart. We determined a partial genomic structure of the human mimecan gene and demonstrated two alternatively spliced RNA transcripts that are generated likewise. Despite the diversity of mimecan transcripts, the primary structure of the core protein is encoded from exons 3 to 8 and remains unchanged, indicating its functional importance. Using ribonuclease protection assay, we analyzed the patterns of spliced RNA expressed in cultured bovine keratocytes. We demonstrated that their expression is differentially modulated in a temporal manner by basic fibroblast growth factor.
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PMID:The bovine mimecan gene. Molecular cloning and characterization of two major RNA transcripts generated by alternative use of two splice acceptor sites in the third exon. 1037 82

The efficiencies in derivatization of reducing carbohydrates were compared by capillary electrophoresis using maltose as a model with nine monoaminobenzene derivatives by reductive amination in the presence of sodium cyanoborohydride. We found that aminobenzene derivatives substituted at the 3-position showed good reactivity with reducing carbohydrates as expected from the reaction mechanism, although the fluorescence intensities and molar absorptivities of these derivatives were not as high as those of 2- and 4-aminobenzene derivatives. The reagents, 3-aminobenzamide and 3-aminobenzoic acid, which showed the highest reactivity, were applied to the labeling of carbohydrate chains obtained from some sialic acid-containing glycoprotein samples, and also high-mannose and hybrid-type oligosaccharides. Capillary electrophoresis of these labeled carbohydrate chains in an inner surface-modified capillary with (50% phenyl)methylpolysiloxane allowed excellent separation of sialic acid-containing carbohydrate chains derived from fetuin and thyroglobulin as well as high mannose-type and hybrid-type carbohydrates derived from bovine pancreas ribonuclease B, soybean agglutinin and hen ovalbumin. The lower limit of calibration was as low as the 10(-16) mol (injected amount) with helium-cadmium laser induced detection.
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PMID:3-Aminobenzamide and 3-aminobenzoic acid, tags for capillary electrophoresis of complex carbohydrates with laser-induced fluorescent detection. 1059

Recombinant E(rns) glycoprotein of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) has been tagged with a marker epitope or linked to an immunoglobulin Fc tail and expressed in insect and mammalian cell lines. The product was shown to be functional, both having ribonuclease activity and binding to a variety of cells that were permissive and non-permissive for replication of BVDV. Addition of soluble E(rns) to the medium blocked replication of BVDV in permissive cells. Binding of epitope-tagged E(rns) to permissive calf testes (CTe) cells was abolished and virus infection was reduced when cells were treated with heparinases I or III. E(rns) failed to bind to mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells that lacked glycosaminoglycans (pgsA-745 cells) or heparan sulphate (pgsD-677 cells) but bound to normal CHO cells. E(rns) also bound to heparin immobilized on agarose and could be eluted by heparin and by a high concentration of salt. Flow cytometric analysis of E(rns) binding to CTe cell cultures showed that glycosaminoglycans such as heparin, fucoidan and dermatan sulphate all inhibit binding but dextran sulphate, keratan sulphate, chondroitin sulphate and mannan fail to inhibit binding. The low molecular mass polysulphonated inhibitor suramin also inhibited binding to CTe cells but poly-L-lysine did not. Furthermore, suramin, the suramin analogue CPD14, fucoidan and pentosan polysulphate inhibited the infectivity of virus. It is proposed that binding of E(rns) to cells is through an interaction with glycosaminoglycans and that BVDV may bind to cells initially through this interaction.
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PMID:Interactions of bovine viral diarrhoea virus glycoprotein E(rns) with cell surface glycosaminoglycans. 1064 44

Forty-two infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) isolates from Alaska were analyzed using the ribonuclease protection assay (RPA) and nucleotide sequencing. RPA analyses, utilizing 4 probes, N5, N3 (N gene), GF (G gene), and NV (NV gene), determined that the haplotypes of all 3 genes demonstrated a consistent spatial pattern. Virus isolates belonging to the most common haplotype groups were distributed throughout Alaska, whereas isolates in small haplotype groups were obtained from only 1 site (hatchery, lake, etc.). The temporal pattern of the GF haplotypes suggested a 'genetic acclimation' of the G gene, possibly due to positive selection on the glycoprotein. A pairwise comparison of the sequence data determined that the maximum nucleotide diversity of the isolates was 2.75% (10 mismatches) for the NV gene, and 1.99% (6 mismatches) for a 301 base pair region of the G gene, indicating that the genetic diversity of IHNV within Alaska is notably lower than in the more southern portions of the IHNV North American range. Phylogenetic analysis of representative Alaskan sequences and sequences of 12 previously characterized IHNV strains from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California (USA) and British Columbia (Canada) distinguished the isolates into clusters that correlated with geographic origin and indicated that the Alaskan and British Columbia isolates may have a common viral ancestral lineage. Comparisons of multiple isolates from the same site provided epidemiological insights into viral transmission patterns and indicated that viral evolution, viral introduction, and genetic stasis were the mechanisms involved with IHN virus population dynamics in Alaska. The examples of genetic stasis and the overall low sequence heterogeneity of the Alaskan isolates suggested that they are evolutionarily constrained. This study establishes a baseline of genetic fingerprint patterns and sequence groups representing the genetic diversity of Alaskan IHNV isolates. This information could be used to determine the source of an IHN outbreak and to facilitate decisions in fisheries management of Alaskan salmonid stocks.
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PMID:Genetic diversity and epidemiology of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in Alaska. 1084 54

Mutations in PHEX, a phosphate-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome, are responsible for X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). The murine Hyp homologue has the phenotypic features of XLH and harbors a large deletion in the 3' region of the Phex gene. We characterized the developmental expression and tissue distribution of Phex protein, using a monoclonal antibody against human PHEX, examined the effect of the Hyp mutation on Phex expression, and compared neprilysin (NEP), osteocalcin, and parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH/PTHrP) receptor gene expression in bone of normal and Hyp mice. Phex encodes a 100- to 105-kDa glycoprotein, which is present in bones and teeth of normal mice but not Hyp animals. These results were confirmed by in situ hybridization (ISH) and ribonuclease protection assay. Phex protein expression in femur and calvaria decreases with age, suggesting a correlation between Phex expression and bone formation. Immunohistochemical studies detected Phex protein in osteoblasts, osteocytes, and odontoblasts, but not in osteoblast precursors. In contrast to Phex, the abundance of NEP messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein is not significantly altered in Hyp bone. Similarly, osteocalcin and PTH/PTHrP receptor gene expression are not compromised in bone of Hyp mice. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that loss of Phex function affects the mineralizing activity of osteoblasts rather than their differentiation.
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PMID:Developmental expression and tissue distribution of Phex protein: effect of the Hyp mutation and relationship to bone markers. 1093 42


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