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Is N-sulfation just a gateway modification during heparan sulfate biosynthesis?


ABSTRACT: Several biologically important growth factor-heparan sulfate (HS) interactions are regulated by HS sulfation patterns. However, the biogenesis of these combinatorial sulfation patterns is largely unknown. N-Deacetylase/N-sulfotrasferase (NDST) converts N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues to N-sulfo-d-glucosamine residues. This enzyme is suggested to be a gateway enzyme because N-sulfation dictates the final HS sulfation pattern. It is known that O-sulfation blocks C5-epimerase, which acts immediately after NDST action. However, it is still unknown whether O-sulfation inhibits NDST action in a similar manner. In this article we radically change conventional assumptions regarding HS biosynthesis by providing in vitro evidence that N-sulfation is not necessarily just a gateway modification during HS biosynthesis.

SUBMITTER: Raman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654310 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Is N-sulfation just a gateway modification during heparan sulfate biosynthesis?

Raman Karthik K   Nguyen Thao Kim Nu TK   Kuberan Balagurunathan B  

FEBS letters 20111002 21


Several biologically important growth factor-heparan sulfate (HS) interactions are regulated by HS sulfation patterns. However, the biogenesis of these combinatorial sulfation patterns is largely unknown. N-Deacetylase/N-sulfotrasferase (NDST) converts N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residues to N-sulfo-d-glucosamine residues. This enzyme is suggested to be a gateway enzyme because N-sulfation dictates the final HS sulfation pattern. It is known that O-sulfation blocks C5-epimerase, which acts immediatel  ...[more]

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