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. 1984 Oct 15;223(2):323–328. doi: 10.1042/bj2230323

Subcellular localization and tissue distribution of sialic acid-forming enzymes. N-acetylneuraminate-9-phosphate synthase and N-acetylneuraminate 9-phosphatase.

J Van Rinsum, W Van Dijk, G J Hooghwinkel, W Ferwerda
PMCID: PMC1144303  PMID: 6093772

Abstract

The activities of N-acetylneuraminate 9-phosphate synthase and N-acetylneuraminate 9-phosphatase, the two enzymes involved in the final steps of the biosynthetic pathway of N-acetylneuraminic acid, were measured with the substrates N-acetyl[14C]mannosamine 6-phosphate and N-acetyl[14C]neuraminic acid 9-phosphate respectively. Subcellular localization studies in rat liver indicated that both enzymes are localized in the cytosolic fraction after homogenization in sucrose medium. To test the possibility of misinterpretation due to the hydrolysis of N-acetylneuraminic acid 9-phosphate by non-specific phosphatases, the hydrolysis of various phosphate esters by the cytosolic fraction was tested. Only p-nitrophenyl phosphate was hydrolysed; however, competition studies with N-acetylneuraminic acid 9-phosphate and p-nitrophenyl phosphate indicated that two different enzymes were involved and that no competition existed between the two substrates. In various other rat tissues N-acetylneuraminate-9-phosphate synthase and N-acetylneuraminate 9-phosphatase activities were detected, suggesting that N-acetylmannosamine 6-phosphate is a general precursor for N-acetylneuraminic acid biosynthesis in all the tissues studied.

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