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. 1985 Oct;56(1):127–134. doi: 10.1128/jvi.56.1.127-134.1985

Sialylated oligosaccharides O-glycosidically linked to glycoprotein C from herpes simplex virus type 1.

F Dall'Olio, N Malagolini, V Speziali, G Campadelli-Fiume, F Serafini-Cessi
PMCID: PMC252495  PMID: 2993643

Abstract

Glycoprotein C (gC) was purified by immunoabsorbent from herpes simplex virus type-1-infected BHK cells labeled with [14C]glucosamine for 11 h and chased for 3 h. Glycopeptides obtained by pronase digestion of gC were fractionated by Bio-Gel filtration and concanavalin A-Sepharose chromatography. Each glycopeptide fraction was analyzed for amino sugar composition by thin-layer chromatography. The majority of radioactivity was recovered as N-acetylglucosamine, but a significant amount of labeled N-acetylgalactosamine was detected and recovered preferentially in some glycopeptide species. Mild alkaline borohydride treatment of the glycopeptides resulted in the release of small degradation products which contained N-acetylgalactosaminitol as the major labeled component and a drastic reduction of N-acetylgalactosamine in the residual glycopeptides. These results demonstrated that gC carries O-glycosidically linked oligosaccharides in addition to the N-linked di- and triantennary glycans previously described (F. Serafini-Cessi, F. Dall'Olio, L. Pereira, and G. Campadelli-Fiume, J. Virol. 51:838-844, 1984). Chromatographic behavior on DEAE-Sephacel chromatography and neuraminidase digestion of O-linked oligosaccharides indicated the presence of two major sialylated species carrying one and two sialic acid residues, respectively. The characterization of a peculiar glycopeptide species supported the notion that some of the O-linked oligosaccharides are bound to a cluster of hydroxyamino acids located near an N-glycosylation site which carries one N-linked diantennary oligosaccharide.

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