Concanavalin A- and wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated lectins as a tool for the identification of multiple N-glycosylation sites in heterologous protein expressed in yeast

Anal Biochem. 1995 Nov 1;231(2):342-8. doi: 10.1006/abio.1995.0061.

Abstract

We report here a methodology that allows the identification of glycosylation sites by a combination of protein enzymatic digestion, glycopeptide separation on a reverse-phase HPLC column, and further recognition in a dot-blot system using concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase. Wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase is used as the recognition system for peptides generated after proteolytic digestion of endoglycosidase H deglycosylated protein. Glycosylation sites were confirmed by automatic Edman degradation and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. This methodology was applied to a model glycoprotein, alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis, which is unglycosylated in its natural host and appears highly glycosylated when expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacillus
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Concanavalin A*
  • Glycosylation
  • Hexosaminidases
  • Horseradish Peroxidase*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational*
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate*
  • alpha-Amylases / biosynthesis
  • alpha-Amylases / genetics*

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
  • concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase conjugate
  • Concanavalin A
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Hexosaminidases
  • alpha-Amylases