Title : Amino-acid
sequence and oligosaccharide attachment sites of human erythrocyte
glycophorin
Abstract :
- Glycophorin , the major sialoglycoprotein of the human erythrocyte membrane, is composed of 131 amino acids and an average of 16 oligosaccharide chains
- Fifteen oligosaccharides are linked to threonine/serine residues via O-glycosidic bonds, and one more complex unit is attached to asparagine
- The location of each of these oligosaccharides and the complete amino-acid sequence of this molecular have been determined by Edman degradation techniques
- Glycophorin appears to be organized into three distinct " domains " on the basis of the locations of glycosylated amino acids and the clustering of residues of similar type
- These include (i) a glycosylated segment composed of approximately 64 residues from the NH2-terminus, (ii) a "hydrophobic" segment of approximately 32 nonpolar residues , and (iii) a COOH-terminal segment, composed of approximately 35 residues, which has an unusual concentration of hydrophilic amino acids
- This unique structure is consistent with the earlier suggestions that glycophorin is one of the major "intrinsic" membrane proteins which has a transmembrane orientation
Output (sent_index, trigger,
protein,
sugar,
site):
- 0. glycophorin, , glycophorin, oligosaccharide attachment sites, -
- 1. sialoglycoprotein, , Glycophorin, -, -
- 1. sialoglycoprotein, , sialoglycoprotein, -, -
- 2. attached, , -, one more complex unit, asparagine
- 2. linked, , -, Fifteen oligosaccharides, residues
Output(Part-Of) (sent_index,
protein,
site):
*Output_Site_Fusion* (sent_index,
protein,
sugar,
site):