The zygomycete fungus Rhizomucor pusillus (previously called Mucor pusillus) secretes an aspartic proteinase containing two asparagine-linked, high-mannose type oligosaccharide chains at Asn79 and Asn188. For structural elucidation of the carbohydrate moieties, the protein was divided into two portions, an N-terminal portion containing Asn79 and a C-terminal portion containing Asn188, by a specific autocatalytic cleavage under alkaline conditions. Each of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharides was then released by peptide-N-glycosidase F digestion and pyridylaminated with a fluorescent reagent, 2-aminopyridine, at the reducing end. High-performance liquid chromatography analyses showed that the structure of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chain attached to residue Asn79 was Man5 GlcNAc2, and that bound to residue Asn188 was Man5 GlcNAc2 and Man5GlcNAc2. These observations suggest that the processing of mannose residues in asparagine-linked oligosaccharides in the Golgi apparatus of Rhizomucor resembles that in mammalian cells.
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