Functional analysis of recombinant human and Yarrowia lipolytica O-GlcNAc transferases expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeopen access
- Authors
- Oh, Hye Ji; Moon, Hye Yun; Cheon, Seon Ah; Hahn, Yoonsoo; Kang, Hyun Ah
- Issue Date
- Oct-2016
- Publisher
- MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETY KOREA
- Keywords
- O-GlcNAc glycosylation; O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT); Yarrowia lipolytica
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, v.54, no.10, pp 667 - 674
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 667
- End Page
- 674
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/1720
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12275-016-6401-4
- ISSN
- 1225-8873
1976-3794
- Abstract
- O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) glycosylation is an important post-translational modification in many cellular processes. It is mediated by O-GlcNAc transferases (OGTs), which catalyze the addition of O-GlcNAc to serine or threonine residues of the target proteins. In this study, we expressed a putative Yarrowia lipolytica OGT (YlOGT), the only homolog identified in the subphylum Saccharomycotina through bioinformatics analysis, and the human OGT (hOGT) as recombinant proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and performed their functional characterization. Immunoblotting assays using antibody against O-GlcNAc revealed that recombinant hOGT (rhOGT), but not the recombinant YlOGT (rYlOGT), undergoes auto-O-GlcNAcylation in the heterologous host S. cerevisiae. Moreover, the rhOGT expressed in S. cerevisiae showed a catalytic activity during in vitro assays using casein kinase II substrates, whereas no such activity was obtained in rYlOGT. However, the chimeric human-Y. lipolytica OGT, carrying the human tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain along with the Y. lipolytica catalytic domain (CTD), mediated the transfer of O-GlcNAc moiety during the in vitro assays. Although the overexpression of full-length OGTs inhibited the growth of S. cerevisiae, no such inhibition was obtained upon overexpression of only the CTD fragment, indicating the role of TPR domain in growth inhibition. This is the first report on the functional analysis of the fungal OGT, indicating that the Y. lipolytica OGT retains its catalytic activity, although the physiological role and substrates of YlOGT remain to be elucidated.
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