Inhibition of CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid: Lactosylceramide Sialyltransferase by Nucleotides, Nucleotide Sugars and Nucleotide Dialdehydes
The effects of nucleotides, nucleotide sugars and nucleotide dialdehydes on the activity and kinetics of cytidine 5′-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid : lactosylceramide (α2→3) sialyltransferase (SAT-1) in microsomes derived from embryonic chick brain were investigated. Although under physiologica...
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Published in | Biochemical and biophysical research communications Vol. 193; no. 2; pp. 585 - 590 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
15.06.1993
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Summary: | The effects of nucleotides, nucleotide sugars and nucleotide dialdehydes on the activity and kinetics of cytidine 5′-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid : lactosylceramide (α2→3) sialyltransferase (SAT-1) in microsomes derived from embryonic chick brain were investigated. Although under physiological conditions this enzyme utilizes a CMP-sugar as substrate, it was found that UDP-dialdehyde was an effective inhibitor of SAT-1 activity. CMP-dialdehyde was only slightly more efficient at inhibiting SAT-1 activity. Similar findings were found for the inhibitory effects of UDP versus CMP. In addition, two UDP-sugars (UDP-Gal and UDP-GalNAc) were also slightly inhibitory. Kinetic analyses demonstrate that both UDP- and CMP-dialdehydes are competitive inhibitors of SAT-1 activity. The data suggests that the substrate specificity of microsomal SAT-1 resides more in the sugar moiety, rather than in the nucleotide portion of the substrate. |
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ISSN: | 0006-291X 1090-2104 |
DOI: | 10.1006/bbrc.1993.1664 |