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J Bacteriol. 1994 May; 176(9): 2635-2639

A Mucor pusillus mutant defective in asparagine-linked glycosylation.

Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.

ABSTRACT

A Mucor pusillus mutant defective in asparagine-linked glycosylation was found in our stock cultures. This mutant, designated 1116, secreted aspartic proteinase (MPP) in a less-glycosylated form than that secreted by the wild-type strain. Analysis of enzyme susceptibility, lectin binding, and carbohydrate composition indicated that this mutant secreted three glycoforms of MPPs, one of which contained no carbohydrate; the other two had truncated asparagine-linked oligosaccharide chains such as Man0-1GlcNAc2. Further analysis using oligosaccharide processing inhibitors, such as castanospermine, 1-deoxynojirimycin and N-methyldeoxynojirimycin, suggested that MPPs in the mutant were glycosylated through a transfer of the truncated lipid-linked oligosaccharides, Man0-1GlcNAc2, to the MPP protein but not through an aberrant processing. In addition, genetic studies with forced primary heterokaryons indicated that the mutation in strain 1116 was recessive.

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