1. Species-specific differences in the processing of acid α-glucosidase are due to the amino acid identity at position 201
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Moreland, Rodney J., Higgins, Sheri, Zhou, AnQiang, VanStraten, Peter, Cauthron, Robert D., Brem, Michael, McLarty, Beverly J., Kudo, Mariko, and Canfield, William M.
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GLUCOSIDASES , *AMINO acids , *HYDROLASES , *POLYPEPTIDES , *GENE expression , *RECOMBINANT DNA - Abstract
Abstract: Acid α-glucosidase (GAA) is a lysosomal enzyme that hydrolyzes glycogen to glucose. Deficiency of GAA causes Pompe disease. Mammalian GAA is synthesized as a precursor of ~110,000Da that is N-glycosylated and targeted to the lysosome via the M6P receptors. In the lysosome, human GAA is sequentially processed by proteases to polypeptides of 76-, 19.4-, and 3.9-kDa that remain associated. Further cleavage between R200 and A204 inefficiently converts the 76-kDa polypeptide to the mature 70-kDa form with an additional 10.4-kDa polypeptide. GAA maturation increases its affinity for glycogen by 7–10 fold. In contrast to human GAA, processing of bovine and hamster GAA to the 70-kDa form is more rapid. A comparison of sequences surrounding the cleavage site revealed human GAA contains histidine at 201 while other species contain hydrophobic amino acids at position 201 in the otherwise conserved sequence. Recombinant human GAA (rhGAA) containing the H201L substitution was expressed in 293T cells by transfection. Pulse chase experiments in 293T cells expressing rhGAA with or without the H201L substitution revealed rapid processing of rhGAAH201L but not rhGAAWT to the 70-kDa form. Similarly, when GAA precursor was endocytosed by human Pompe fibroblasts rhGAAH201L but not rhGAAWT was rapidly converted to the 70-kDa mature GAA. These studies indicate that the amino acid at position 201 influences the rate of conversion of 76-kDa GAA to 70-kDa GAA. The GAA sequence rather than the lysosomal protease environment explains the predominance of the 76-kDa form in human tissues. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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