Molecular cloning, expression and exon/intron organization of the bovine beta-galactoside alpha2,6-sialyltransferase gene

In this study, we report the first isolation and characterization of a bovine sialyltransferase gene. Bovine cDNAs prepared from different tissues contain an open-reading frame encoding a 405 amino acid sequence showing 83%, 75%, and 60% identity with human, murine, and chicken ST6Gal I (beta-galactoside alpha2,6-sialyltransferase) sequences, respectively. When transfected into COS-7 cells, a recombinant enzyme was obtained which catalyzed the in vitro alpha2, 6-sialylation of LacNAc (NeuAcalpha2-6Galbeta1-4GlcNAc) and LacdiNAc (NeuAcalpha2-6GalNAcbeta1-4GlcNAc) acceptor substrates. The K (m) values were 2.8 and 6.9 mM, respectively. Different relative efficiencies (Vmax/Km) for the two precursors (36 for LacNAc and 4.3 for LacdiNAc) were observed. Bovine ST6Gal I gene consists of four 5'-untranslated exons E(-2) to E(1), and five coding exons from E(2) to E(6). This later carries a 3'-untranslated region of 2. 7 kb. Gene sequence spans at least 80 kb of genomic DNA. Two processed pseudogenes have been identified. They are 94.3 and 95.6% similar to the bovine cDNA, respectively. Three families of mRNA isoforms were isolated. They differed by their 5'-untranslated regions and could be generated by three tissue-specific promoters. Family 1 is made up of exons E(-2) and E(1) to E(6), family 2 of exons E(-1) to E(6), and family 3 of exons E(1) to E(6). Tissular distribution of transcript families appears noticeably different than those described in human and rat.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Glycobiology - 9(1999), 9 vom: 26. Sept., Seite 851-63

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mercier, D [VerfasserIn]
Wierinckx, A [VerfasserIn]
Oulmouden, A [VerfasserIn]
Gallet, P F [VerfasserIn]
Palcic, M M [VerfasserIn]
Harduin-Lepers, A [VerfasserIn]
Delannoy, P [VerfasserIn]
Petit, J M [VerfasserIn]
Levéziel, H [VerfasserIn]
Julien, R [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

5' Untranslated Regions
Antigens, CD
Beta-D-Galactoside alpha 2-6-Sialyltransferase
Comparative Study
EC 2.4.99.-
EC 2.4.99.1
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retroelements
Sialyltransferases

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.11.1999

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

GENBANK: AJ006830, AJ006831, AJ006832, AJ006833

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM103921125