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Query: EC:3.2.1.23 (beta-galactosidase)
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Sugar specific lectins (PNA, RCA I, LPA, SBA, DBA, GSA IB4, GSA II, WGA, LTA, UEA I, Con A, LCA) with and without prior selective glycosidase digestion (sialidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-mannosidase, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase) were used in order to investigate the distribution of native accessible carbohydrates and obtain information dealing with the composition of terminal disaccharides within glycoconjugates present in acinar compartments and ductal segments of mammalian (mouse, rat, hare, and rabbit) parotid glands. Glycoconjugates containing variable amounts of mannose, glucose, N-acetylgalactosamine and N-acetylglucosamine were present in the parotid glands of all species. However, these carbohydrate chains exhibited a different composition of terminal sequences within each type of gland. For example, sialylated components having the terminal dimers sialic acid-galactose and sialic acid-N-acetylgalactosamine were found in all acinar cells, whereas fucoglycoconjugates with terminal disaccharide fucose-galactose were localized in the rat striated ducts and hare acinar cells. The terminal sequence alpha-galactose-beta-galactose was demonstrated in the mouse acinar cells. Finally, glycoconjugates characterized by the terminal dimer beta-galactose-N-acetylgalactosamine were demonstrated in the mouse acinar and ductal cells and the rat ductal ones. Thus, present findings outlined and further confirmed the possibility to elucidate the oligosaccharide structure in situ using lectin histochemistry combined with enzymatic degradation.
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PMID:Glycoconjugate composition of mammalian parotid glands elucidated in situ by lectins and glycosidases. 137 7

Monoclonal antibodies 18H4 and 19F12 against alpha-foetoprotein (AFP) were examined by enzyme immunoassay for binding to two forms of AFP that were separated on the basis of the reactivity with lentil lectin (LCA). LCA-binding and LCA non-binding AFP, coated on a solid phase, reacted with 18H4 but reactivity with the LCA-binding species was inhibited by 60% following pretreatment of the AFP with LCA. The lectin was a very poor inhibitor of binding of 18H4 to the AFP which did not interact with LCA. In an alternative binding assay, a polyclonal anti-AFP coated solid phase was reacted with beta-galactosidase-labelled 18H4. Pre-treatment with LCA of the LCA-reactive AFP gave 56% inhibition of binding of conjugated 18H4 while little inhibition was achieved with the LCA-nonreactive AFP component. These findings show that the epitope recognised by 18H4 is distinct from the glycan sequence that is reactive with LCA. However, the LCA-binding oligosaccharides occur in close proximity to the 18H4 epitope in the native AFP.
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PMID:Close topographical relationship in alpha foetoprotein (AFP) between a lens culinaris binding glycan and the epitope recognized by AFP-reactive monoclonal antibody, 18H4. 243 21

The carbohydrate-binding properties of wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA) have been studied by using glycopeptides isolated from the cell surfaces of a cultured murine myeloid cell line (416B). The glycopeptides were passed through affinity columns of lentil lectin (LCA), concanavalin A (Con A) and WGA arranged in series so that material reaching the WGA column had failed to bind to LCA or Con A. WGA-binding glycopeptides were step-eluted with 0.01 M, 0.1 M and 0.5 M-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), to yield weak (WGA-W), intermediate (WGA-I) and strong (WGA-S) affinity fractions. WGA-W and WGA-I contained 'N'- and 'O'-linked oligosaccharides bound to separate polypeptides. WGA-S consisted almost entirely of N-linked components. Our analytical work was concentrated mainly on the N-linked fractions. In these carbohydrates WGA affinity was directly proportional to molecular size but inversely related to N-acetylneuraminic acid content. The binding of the weak-affinity fraction was dependent on N-acetylneuraminic acid, but the intermediate- and strong-binding species interacted with the lectin by N-acetylneuraminic acid-independent mechanisms. N-linked glycopeptides in each WGA-binding class were almost totally degraded to monosaccharides by the concerted action of the exoglycosidases neuraminidase, beta-galactosidase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase. Treatment with endo-beta-galactosidase caused partial depolymerization, yielding some disaccharides but also a heterogeneous population of partially degraded components. These findings suggest that WGA binds with high affinity to internal GlcNAc residues in large oligosaccharides containing repeat sequences of Gal beta(1----4)GlcNAc beta(1----3) (i.e. polylactosamine-type glycans). N-Acetylneuraminic acid is involved only in low-affinity interactions with WGA. WGA therefore displays an intricate pattern of saccharide specificities that can be profitably utilized for structural analysis of complex carbohydrates.
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PMID:Identification of two binding sites for wheat-germ agglutinin on polylactosamine-type oligosaccharides. 384 Jun 82

Crx, an Otx-like homeobox gene, is expressed primarily in the photoreceptors of the retina and in the pinealocytes of the pineal gland. The CRX homeodomain protein is a transactivator of many photoreceptor/pineal-specific genes in vivo, such as rhodopsin and the cone opsins. Mutations in Crx are associated with the retinal diseases, cone-rod dystrophy-2, retinitis pigmentosa, and Leber's congenital amaurosis, which lead to loss of vision. We have generated transgenic mice, using 5'- and/or 3'-flanking sequences from the mouse Crx homeobox gene fused to the beta-galactosidase (lacZ) reporter gene, and we have investigated the promoter function of the cell-specific and developmentally regulated expression of Crx. All of the independent transgenic lines commonly showed lacZ expression in the photoreceptor cells of the retina and in the pinealocytes of the pineal gland. We characterized the transgenic lines in detail for cell-specific lacZ expression patterns by 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D-galactoside staining and lacZ immunostaining. The lacZ expression was observed in developing and developed photoreceptor cells. This observation was confirmed by coimmunostaining of dissociated retinal cells with the lacZ and opsin antibodies. The ontogeny analysis indicated that the lacZ expression completely agrees with a temporal expression pattern of Crx during retinal development. This study demonstrates that the mouse Crx 5'-upstream genomic sequence is capable of directing a cell-specific and developmentally regulated expression of Crx in photoreceptor cells.
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PMID:The mouse Crx 5'-upstream transgene sequence directs cell-specific and developmentally regulated expression in retinal photoreceptor cells. 1188 Apr 94