Autor: |
Park, S H, Pastuszak, I, Drake, R, Elbein, A D |
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Journal of Biological Chemistry; March 1998, Vol. 273 Issue: 10 p5685-91, 7p |
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L-Fucokinase was purified to apparent homogeneity from pig kidney cytosol. The molecular mass of the enzyme on a gel filtration column was 440 kDa, whereas on SDS gels a single protein band of 110 kDa was observed. This 110-kDa protein was labeled in a concentration-dependent manner by azido-[32P]ATP, and labeling was inhibited by cold ATP. The 110-kDa protein was subjected to endo-Lys-C digestion, and several peptides were sequenced. These showed very little similarity to other known protein sequences. The enzyme phosphorylated L-fucose using ATP to form beta-L-fucose-1-P. Of many sugars tested, the only other sugar phosphorylated by the purified enzyme was D-arabinose, at about 10% the rate of L-fucose. Many of the properties of the enzyme were determined and are described in this paper. This enzyme is part of a salvage pathway for reutilization of L-fucose and is also a valuable biochemical tool to prepare activated L-fucose derivatives for fucosylation reactions. |
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