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Essentials of Glycobiology
May 12th., 2008
Ajit Varki
Lecture 14
Chapter 22. Viridiplantae
Chapter 29. L-type Lectins
Chapter 45: Antibodies and Lectins in Glycan Analysis
General Questions for Lecture 14
Why are recombinant mammalian glycoproteins generated in plants immunogenic?
Compare the structures of glycoglycerolipids in plants, Lipid A in bacteria, and
glycosphingolipids in animals
Consider possible functions for L-type plant lectins present in the seeds of leguminous plants.
Why are both plant seed lectins and glycan binding proteins involved in protein quality control
classified as L-type lectins?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using monoclonal antibodies versus plant
lectins for determining the presence or absence of glycans in a preparation?
What are important controls when using lectins or anti-glycan antibodies to determine the
presence or absence of a glycan in a tissue, on a cell, or in a mixture of glycans?
Propose methods to use a monoclonal antibody to a glycan determinant for the isolation a
mutant cell line deficient in the expression of the glycan?
Types of N-glycans found in plants.
Why are recombinant mammalian glycoproteins generated in plants immunogenic?
Processing of N-glycans in the plant secretory system.
Only those events that are unique to plants are shown in detail.
Most abundant plant galactolipids.
Compare the structures of glycoglycerolipids in plants, Lipid A in bacteria, and glycosphingolipids in animals
Examples of Animal Glycosphingolipids.
Compare the structures of glycoglycerolipids in plants, Lipid A in bacteria, and glycosphingolipids in animals
Lipid A from Bacteriae
Compare the structures of glycoglycerolipids in plants, Lipid A in bacteria, and glycosphingolipids in animals
Model of the primary cell wall (type I) found in most flowering plants (except grasses).
Cellulose microfibrils are embedded in a hemicellulose (e.g., xyloglucan) and pectin matrix.
Repeating subunit found in xyloglucan.
Schematic structure of pectin showing the three main pectic polysaccharides: homogalacturonan
(HG), rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I), and rhamnogalacturonan II (RG-II).
A region of substituted galacturonan, known as xylogalacturonan (XGA), is also shown.
Glycans from fungal and plant cell walls that elicit plant defense responses.
Structure of concanavalin A (ConA), a legume seed lectin.
Fig.29.1
Comparison of the subunit structures of soybean agglutinin (left) complexed with a pentasaccharide
containing Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R and human galectin-3 (right) complexed with lactose
Both lectins display a related β-barrel configuration.
Three-dimensional structure of a legume lectin (PNA) monomer showing the four loops involved in sugar
binding: loops A, B, C, and D. The bound sugar (lactose) is shown as a ball-and stick model.
Calcium and manganese ions are required for ligand binding.
Fig.29.3a
Sequence alignment of loops A–D in legume lectins. The size of binding-site loop D and monosaccharide
specificity show an explicit correlation. Monosaccharide specificity and number of gaps are indicated at the right.
Key residues are highlighted in blue and highly conserved residues have been indicated with an asterisk.
Consider possible functions for L-type plant lectins present in the seeds of leguminous plants.
Fig.29.3b
Schematic representation of calnexin showing the lectin domain, the P domain (containing
the proline repeats), and the calcium-binding domain (a). Structure of calnexin based on crystallographic
data (b). Domain organization of calreticulin (c) and its proposed tertiary organization (d).
Why are both plant seed
lectins and glycan binding
proteins involved in
protein quality control
classified as L-type
lectins?
Examples of N-glycans recognized by concanavalin A (ConA) from Canavalia ensiformis and
Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA).
FIGURE 45.2. Examples of types of N-glycans recognized by L-PHA, E-PHA, and DSA.
The determinants required for binding are indicated in the boxed areas.
Examples of types of glycan determinants bound with high affinity by different plant and
animal lectins. The determinants required for binding are indicated in the boxed areas.
Examples of types of glycan determinants bound with high affinity by different plant lectins.
The determinants required for binding are indicated in the boxed areas.
Examples of different glycan antigens recognized by specific monoclonal antibodies. The
antigens have the structures shown within the boxed area and are named as indicated.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using monoclonal antibodies versus plant lectins for determining the
presence or absence of glycans in a preparation?
Additional examples of different glycan antigens recognized by specific monoclonal antibodies.
The antigens have the structures shown within the boxed area and are named as indicated.
Propose methods to use a
monoclonal antibody to a
glycan determinant for the
isolation a mutant cell line
deficient in the expression of
the glycan?
Examples of different uses of plant and animal lectins and antibodies in glycobiology.
Many plant and animal lectins are multivalent, and antibodies are always multivalent.
They can be used to detect glycan structures in all of the formats shown.
What are important controls
when using lectins or antiglycan antibodies to
determine the presence or
absence of a glycan in a
tissue, on a cell, or in a
mixture of glycans?
An example of the use of
different immobilized plant
lectins in serial lectin affinity
chromatography
(SLAC) of complex mixtures of
glycopeptides.