PMID: 19343721

 

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Title : N-glycosylation microheterogeneity and site occupancy of an Asn-X-Cys sequon in plasma-derived and recombinant protein C . Human protein C (hPC) is glycosylated at three Asn-X-Ser/Thr and one atypical Asn-X-Cys sequons

Abstract :
  1. We have characterized the micro- and macro-heterogeneity of plasma-derived hPC and compared the glycosylation features with recombinant protein C ( tg-PC ) produced in a transgenic pig bioreactor from two animals having approximately tenfold different expression levels
  2. The N-glycans of hPC are complex di- and tri-sialylated structures, and we measured 78% site occupancy at Asn-329 (the Asn-X-Cys sequon )
  3. The N-glycans of tg-PC are complex sialylated structures, but less branched and partially sialylated
  4. The porcine mammary epithelial cells glycosylate the Asn-X-Cys sequon with a similar efficiency as human hepatocytes even at these high expression levels, and site occupancy at this sequon was not affected by expression level
  5. A distinct bias for particular structures was present at each of the four glycosylation sites for both hPC and tg-PC
  6. Interestingly, glycans with GalNAc in the antennae were predominant at the Asn-329 site
  7. The N-glycan structures found for tg-PC are very similar to those reported for a recombinant Factor IX produced in transgenic pig milk, and similar to the endogenous milk protein lactoferrin , which may indicate that N-glycan processing in the porcine mammary epithelial cells is more uniform than in other tissues
Output (sent_index, trigger, protein, sugar, site):
  • 0. N-glycosylation, , -, -, sequon
  • 0. glycosylated, , -, -, Asn-X-Cys
  • 0. glycosylated, , -, -, Asn
  • 0. microheterogeneity, , -, -, sequon
  • 0. occupancy, , -, -, sequon
  • 0. occupancy, , -, -, site
  • 1. macro-heterogeneity, , hPC, -, -
  • 2. hPC, , hPC, The N-glycans, -
  • 2. hPC, , hPC, complex di- and tri-sialylated structures, -
  • 2. tri-sialylated, , -, The N-glycans, -
  • 2. tri-sialylated, , -, complex di- and tri-sialylated structures, -
  • 3. sialylated, , -, The N-glycans, -
  • 3. sialylated, , -, complex sialylated structures, -
  • 3. tg-PC, , tg-PC, The N-glycans, -
  • 3. tg-PC, , tg-PC, complex sialylated structures, -
  • 4. glycosylate, , -, -, sequon
  • 5. glycosylation, , -, -, sites
  • 6. predominant, , -, glycans, Asn-329 site
Output(Part-Of) (sent_index, protein, site):
*Output_Site_Fusion* (sent_index, protein, sugar, site):
  • 6. protein C (hPC), glycans, Asn-329 site

 

 

Protein NCBI ID SENTENCE INDEX
protein C 5624 1
protein C (hPC) 5624 0
lactoferrin 397649 7