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Query: EC:3.1.26.9 (ribonuclease)
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Cross-linked dimers of ribonuclease, added at a concentration of 0.05 mg/ml to the culture medium of hepatoma (HTC) cells, were previously shown to inhibit intracellular degradation of peroxidase taken up by endocytosis. Intracellular localization showed that endocytosed peroxidase does not reach lysosomes in dimer-treated cells. The present study shows that preloading of lysosomes with fluorescent anti-peroxidase IgG, obtained by exposing HTC cells for 48 h to 0.1 mg of antibody/ml, restores intracellular degradation of endocytosed peroxidase. Moreover, accumulation of peroxidase into lysosomes, which no longer occurs in dimer-treated cells, occurs again under these conditions. We conclude that inhibition of transfer of peroxidase from phagosomes to lysosomes is most likely to be the alteration resulting from the exposure of the cells to ribonuclease dimer, rather than inhibition of fusion between phagosomes and lysosomes. The dimer of another basic protein, lysozyme added at a concentration of 0.2 mg/ml to the culture medium, is shown to induce the same type of effects as does the dimer of ribonuclease; the half-life of endocytosed peroxidase increased from 5 to 15 h after 2 h exposure of HTC cells to dimerized lysozyme. The effect of both dimers on intracellular protein processing can be reversed by addition of 100 mm-galactose to the culture medium, up to 5 h after pretreatment of the cells. The dimers of ribonuclease A or of lysozyme have thus probably the same mechanism of action. Evidence that the two dimers share the same binding sites on the cells is presented.
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PMID:Effects of cross-linked dimers of ribonuclease A or of lysozyme on the processing of endocytosed peroxidase by hepatoma cells. 628 32

The ability of nonionic detergents to solubilize the membrane-bound enzymes of the brush-border plasma membrane of Hymenolepis diminuta was investigated. Of the detergents tested (Triton X-100, Tween 80, Brij 35, Lubrol PX and WX, W-1, and beta-octyl-D-glucoside), only Triton was an effective solubilizing agent. Optimal solubilization was achieved by incubating an isolated fraction of the brush-border membrane in the presence of 1% Triton X-100 for 60 min at 37 C, followed by centrifugation at 100,000 g for 60 min at 25 C. This treatment resulted in solubilization of 94% of the alkaline phosphohydrolase, 91% of the phosphodiesterase and ribonuclease, and 88% of the 5'-nucleotidase activities. The pH optima for enzymes solubilized in nonionic and ionic detergents (Triton and sodium dodecyl sulfate, respectively) did not differ. Isoelectric focusing of the Triton-solubilized material demonstrated the presence of at least 14 polypeptides, a majority of which had isoelectric points below pH 7.
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PMID:Solubilization of the membrane-bound enzymes of the brush-border plasma membrane of Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) using nonionic detergents. 628 6

To gain an understanding of why the polymannose-type oligosaccharide chain of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease B is not processed to a complex-type chain in vivo, the processing of this glycoprotein was studied in two cell-free systems. Addition of native 125I-ribonuclease B to rat liver Golgi membranes in the presence of UDP-GlcNAc resulted in the conversion of the high mannose chain to a complex type as evidenced by the acquisition of resistance to digestion with endoglucosaminidase H. Processing was linearly dependent on time and on the amount of Golgi membranes. Omission of UDP-GlcNAc from the reaction mixtures completely abolished processing of the glycoprotein. Product identification studies confirmed that the formation of ribonuclease that was resistant to digestion with endoglucosaminidase H was accompanied by the appearance of a complex-type oligosaccharide that contained one or more terminal beta-GlcNAc residues. In vitro processing of 125I-ribonuclease B that had been denatured by reduction and alkylation revealed that the rate of complex chain formation was only slightly greater than that observed with the native enzyme. In contrast to the results obtained with the heterologous rat liver system, Golgi membranes from bovine pancreas failed to process native ribonuclease B to the complex form. However, bovine pancreas Golgi membranes did readily process the denatured form of the enzyme. The presence of a factor in bovine pancreas that binds only to native ribonuclease B and thereby prevents its oligosaccharide chain from being processed was considered to be unlikely on the basis of gel filtration studies and mixing experiments. These findings indicate that some aspect of the conformation of native ribonuclease B prevents one or more of the processing enzymes of bovine pancreas from acting on the oligosaccharide chain. In addition, the substrate specificity of this processing enzyme(s) differs markedly from its counterpart in rat liver. These two factors, conformation of the substrate and specificity of the processing enzymes, apparently combine to produce the high mannose oligosaccharide chain of ribonuclease B observed in vivo.
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PMID:Control of asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chain processing: studies on bovine pancreatic ribonuclease B. An in vitro system for the processing of exogenous glycoproteins. 642 84

Even though most of the hepatic binding capacity for mannose-terminated glycoproteins has previously been shown to reside in the hepatocytes (not in the non-parenchymal cells), detailed evidence for the specific uptake of mannose-terminated ligands has been lacking. In the present studies, yeast invertase, a large glycoprotein (Mr 270 000) containing about 50% mannose, was shown to be taken up into hepatocytes by receptor-mediated endocytosis. The uptake was saturable and could be specifically inhibited by mannosides or by a Ca2+ chelator. The asialo-glycoprotein receptor was not involved. The low-Mr (13 000) ligand ribonuclease B, which contains a single high-mannose glycan, was not taken up by hepatocytes; however, it was taken up as fast as invertase by non-parenchymal liver cells. After injection of 131I-invertase into a rat in vivo, about one-half of the labelled protein was recovered in the hepatocytes. On a per-cell basis, each endothelial cell contained 3-4 times as much radioactivity as did the hepatocytes. On fractionation of hepatocytes in sucrose gradients, invertase showed a different intracellular distribution from that of asialo-fetuin, in that invertase moved much faster into that region of the gradient where the lysosomes were recovered. This indicates that invertase and asialo-fetuin are not transported intracellularly by identical mechanisms.
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PMID:Uptake of mannose-terminated glycoproteins in isolated rat liver cells. Evidence for receptor-mediated endocytosis in hepatocytes. 649 38

Mannose-specific binding sites for horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were studied in fixed sections of various tissues by a method reported previously. Liver sinusoidal cells, mast cells of lymph nodes, and alveolar macrophages of the lung and skin fibroblasts were main cell types showing mannose-specific binding of HRP. Macrophages, fibroblasts, and mast cells in the connective tissue of other organs also showed the reaction. However, macrophages of the spleen, and cultured 3T3 cells and L-cells did not give the reaction. The specificities of the binding reaction were studied by determining the approximate concentrations of competing sugars that suppressed the specific binding of HRP. It was found that the endogenous lectins in macrophages, fibroblasts, mast cells, and liver sinusoidal cells showed similar specificities toward various carbohydrates. D-Mannose and L-fucose had the highest affinity toward the lectins (competing ability for the binding of HRP). D-Mannose-6-phosphate, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-glucose, D-ribose, and D-arabinose showed intermediate affinity, whereas D-xylose and D-galactose showed low affinity. Polymerized mannose in mannan and glycoproteins rich in mannose groups (invertase and ribonuclease B) showed much higher affinity to the binding sites than free mannose.
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PMID:Mannose-specific binding sites for horseradish peroxidase in various cells of the rat. 683 41

A binding assay for the detection of mannose-binding proteins was developed, which uses a ligand of mammalian origin, 125I-labelled bovine pancreatic ribonuclease B. The binding assay was validated by using the recognized mannose-binding protein, concanavalin A. Microgram quantities of concanavalin A or mannose-binding proteins could be assayed. A mannose-binding protein was isolated from rat liver by affinity chromatography on mannose-Sepharose 6B. It has a Mr of approx. 900000 under non-dissociating conditions and contains a subunit of approx. 34000 Mr. When ribonuclease B-Sepharose was used as a ligand for affinity chromatography, the predominant mannose-binding material isolated from rat liver had a native Mr of 205000-225000 and consisted largely of a subunit of Mr 70000, which yielded subunits of Mr 28500 and 34000 on reduction. It is suggested that different mannose-binding proteins are isolated by the two affinity-chromatography ligands. A mannose-binding protein was also purified from human liver by affinity chromatography on mannose-Sepharose 6B. It has a native Mr of over 1000000 and consists of subunits with Mr 28000 and 30500. Its isolation suggests that mannose-mediated endocytosis or intracellular transport of glycoproteins occurs in human liver.
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PMID:Isolation of mannose-binding proteins from human and rat liver. 684 42

Circulating M antigen, specific for genus Schistosoma, was previously described in serum, urine, patients' milk, and in serum and urine of animals infected by S. mansoni. The M antigen was thermostable and soluble in trichloroacetic acid. It was not hydrolyzed by protease, ribonuclease, amylase, or neuraminidase but destroyed by sodium metaperiodate. In the present study, we have purified the M ag by using trichloroacetic acid solubility, DEAE Sephadex, and immunoadsorption. The M ag showed a neutral electric charge, a m.w. heterogeneity, and was only stained by periodic acid-Schiff. The composition study revealed M ag was a glycoprotein with a polysaccharide moiety (63% of the molecules) particularly rich in galactose, fucose, glucosamine, and mannose, and with a high molecular ratio of serine and threonine. The presence of O-glycosidic linkage allowed M ag to be considered as a mucin or a mucus glycoprotein-like component. It was localized in the cell wall of the gut of adult worms.
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PMID:Purification, immunochemical, and biologic characterization of the Schistosoma circulating M antigen. 698 17

Treatment of spectrin, insulin, glucagon and ribonuclease with ozone results in covalent cross-linking of these proteins. This cross-linking is not reversed by treatment with dithiothreitol and thus can not be ascribed to -S-S- bond formation. A concomitant O,O'-dityrosine formation is observed by spectrofluorometric analysis of the protein and by amino acid analysis and thin-layer chromatography of hydrolyzed protein samples. It is highly probable that the observed protein cross-linking should be attributed to interpeptide O,O'-dityrosine bonds. Several authors have shown before that oxidation of proteins with horseradish peroxidase and H2O2 also leads to O,O'-dityrosine formation. Peroxidase-induced O,O'-dityrosine formation in galactose oxidase (d-galactose:oxygen 6-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.3.9) causes a strong increase of enzyme activity. In accordance with these observations ozone treatment of galactose oxidase also leads to O,O'-dityrosine formation with a concomitant 8-fold increase of enzyme activity.
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PMID:Ozone-induced formation of O,O'-dityrosine cross-linked in proteins. 704 79

The ability of almond emulsion peptide:N-glycosidase to remove oligosaccharide chains from intact glycoproteins was studied. Protein conformation appeared to be the main factor affecting carbohydrate removal. In the native state the oligosaccharides of ribonuclease B and the Fab mu fragment derived from immunoglobulin M were completely resistant to the enzyme, indicating that the polypeptide chain restricts access to the site of hydrolysis. Heat denaturation in sodium dodecyl sulfate rendered these glycoproteins susceptible to peptide:N-glycosidase, but perturbation with chaotropic salts provided a more gentle approach, which was as effective as detergent-unfolding and more compatible with the stability of the enzyme. Once exposed by the unfolding reagents, the complex oligosaccharides of Fab mu were released more rapidly than the high mannose chains of ribonuclease B, consistent with their preferential release from small glycopeptides (Plummer, T. H., Jr., and Tarentino, A. L. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 10243-10246).
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PMID:Oligosaccharide accessibility to peptide:N-glycosidase as promoted by protein-unfolding reagents. 710 33

A hemolysin produced by Treponema hyodysenteriae, the etiological agent of swine dysentery, was investigated. A virulent isolate (B204) was inoculated into a standard culture medium consisting of Trypticase soy broth without dextrose (BBL Microbiology Systems) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum in an atmosphere of 70:30 deoxygenated H2-CO2. Sterile cell-free filtrates were prepared at 2-h intervals and assayed for hemolytic activity by using washed sheep erythrocytes. The maximum hemolytic titer was obtained during the early log phase of growth (4 h). A loss of hemolytic activity was observed when cell-free filtrates were stored at 23 and 4 degrees C. Storage at -20 or -80 degrees C after lyophilization resulted in retention of the hemolytic titer for periods of up to 30 days. Enzymatic inactivation of the hemolysin was accomplished with pronase, but not with deoxyribonuclease, ribonuclease, lipase, or trypsin. Addition of exogenous ribonucleic acid-core to the standard culture medium resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the amount of hemolysin produced. The hemolysin could be purified by acid and ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by ion exchange and molecular sieve chromatography. The molecular weight of the hemolysin was 68,000 when determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis.
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PMID:Investigation of a hemolysin produced by enteropathogenic Treponema hyodysenteriae. 721 45


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