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. 1992 Mar 15;282(Pt 3):891–897. doi: 10.1042/bj2820891

Comparison of liver glycosylasparaginases from six vertebrates.

O K Tollersrud 1, N N Aronson Jr 1
PMCID: PMC1130871  PMID: 1554372

Abstract

Structural and physical properties of glycosylasparaginase (EC 3.5.1.26) from the livers of human, pig, cow, rat, mouse and chicken were compared. The enzyme in all species had a common basic structure of two N-glycosylated subunits of about 24 (alpha) and 20 (beta) kDa joined by non-covalent forces. Subunit-specific antisera against the rat glycosylasparaginase bound specifically and sensitively to the corresponding subunits from all species. Identity of 80% of the amino acids was found between the N-terminal sequences of corresponding pig and rat glycosylasparaginase alpha- and beta-subunits and the deduced sequence from a human glycosylasparaginase cDNA [Fisher, Tollersrud & Aronson (1990) FEBS Lett. 269, 440-444]. The beta-subunit from all three species has an N-terminal threonine reported to be involved in the reaction mechanism for the human enzyme [Kaartinen, Williams, Tomich, Yates, Hood & Mononen (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 5860-5869]. The native enzyme appeared as a heterodimer among the mammals, whereas the chicken enzyme had a greater molecular mass and is probably either a tetramer or a heterodimer bound to an unrelated peptide(s). All glycosylasparaginases were thermostable, requiring temperatures between 65 degrees C and 80 degrees C to be irreversibly inactivated. In addition, they were unusually stable at high pH and remained active in the presence of SDS except at low pH. The pH maximum was between 5.5 and 6 except for the rat and mouse enzymes which had a broad maximum between pH 7 and 8. A number of other properties were observed which also distinguish the enzyme from individual and closely related species.

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