The heparin binding site of human extracellular-superoxide dismutase

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Abstract

Extracellular-superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is a secretory glycoprotein that is major SOD isozyme in extracellular fluids. We revealed the possible structure of the carbohydrate chain of serum EC-SOD with the serial lectin affinity technique. The structure is a biantennary complex type with an internal fucose residue attached to asparagine-linked N-acetyl-d-glucosamine and with terminal sialic acid linked to N-acetyllactosamine. EC-SOD in plasma is heterogeneous with regard to heparin affinity and can be divided into three fractions: A, without affinity; B, with intermediate affinity; and C, with high affinity. It appeared that this heterogeneity is not dependent on the carbohydrate structure upon comparison of EC-SOD A, B, and C. No effect of the glycopeptidase F treatment of EC-SOD C on its heparin affinity supported the above results.

A previous report showed that both lysine and arginine residues, probably at the C-terminal end, contribute to heparin binding. Recombinant EC-SOD C treated with trypsin or endoproteinase Lys C, which lost three lysine residues (Lys-211, Lys-212, and Lys-220) or one lysine residue (Lys-220) at the C-terminal end, had no or weak affinity for the heparin HPLC column, respectively. The proteinase-treated r-EC-SOD C also lost triple arginine residues which are adjacent to double lysine residues. These results suggest that the heparin-binding site may occur on a “cluster” of basic amino acids at the C-terminal end of EC-SOD C. EC-SOD is speculated to be primarily synthesized as type C, and types A and B are probably the result of secondary modifications. It appeared that the proteolytic cleavage of the exteriorized lysine- and arginine-rich C-terminal end in vivo is a more important contributory factor to the formation of EC-SOD B and/or EC-SOD A.

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    This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for the Encouragement of Young Scientists from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan (02771711) to T.A.

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