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Title: Effect of swainsonine on processing and turnover of two lysosomal glycoproteins from mouse peritoneal macrophages

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7191731

No effect of the inhibitor on the relative rates of synthesis of the precursor form of either enzyme was observed with either (/sup 35/S)methionine or 2-(/sup 3/H)mannose as the labeled tracer. On the other hand, processing of ..beta..-galactosidase and ..beta..-glucuronidase was markedly altered by swainsonine as manifested by a number of differences in the processed forms. (1) The altered forms had slightly greater electrophoretic mobility than normal forms. (2) Endo-..beta..-N-acetylglucosaminidase H digestion decreased the molecular sizes of the altered forms much more than those of the normal forms. (3) On isoelectric separation of the charge isoforms of ..beta..-glucuronidase, the three most negatively charged forms of the normal processed enzyme were absent in the altered material. This difference was eliminated by neuraminidase treatment of the processed form. These findings are consistent with a blockage by swainsonine of the removal of the ..cap alpha..-1,3 and ..cap alpha..-1,6 linked mannose residues that occurs in normal processing.

Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo (USA)
OSTI ID:
7191731
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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