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Plant Physiology 65:460-464 (1980)
© 1980 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Effects of Several Tunicamycin-like Antibiotics on Glycoprotein Biosynthesis in Mung Beans and Suspension-cultured Soybean Cells 1

Douglas W. James, Jr. and Alan D. Elbein

Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284

The antibiotics Streptovirudin and 24010 were tested to determine their effects on the formation of lipid-linked saccharide intermediates associated with glycoprotein biosynthesis in mung bean (Vigna radiata) and suspension-cultured soybean cells (Glycine max cv. Mandarin). In vitro both compounds strongly inhibited the transfer of N-acetyl[3H]glucosamine from UDP-N-[3H]acetylglucosamine to N-acetylglucosaminyl-pyrophosphoryl-polyisoprenol and lipid-linked oligosaccharides, although they had no apparent effect on the incorporation of [14C]mannose from GDP-[14C]mannose into mannosyl-phosphoryl-dolichol with a small inhibition into lipid-linked oligosaccharides. In vivo, Streptovirudin and tunicamycin dramatically inhibited the incorporation of N-[14C]acetylglucosamine and [3H]mannose into Pronase-released material (glycoproteins), whereas there was no effect on [3H]leucine incorporation into Pronase-released material (protein). Because the action of Streptovirudin and antibiotic 24010 in plants and other systems is similar to that for tunicamycin, these antibiotics are believed to be closely related. The use of tunicamycin is discussed with respect to its importance in studying glycoprotein biosynthesis and function in animal and plant systems.

1 This investigation was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AM 21800.






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