Enzymatic Synthesis and Purification of [3H]Uridine Diphosphate Galacturonic Acid for Use in Studying Golgi-Localized Transporters
✍ Scribed by Ariel Orellana; Debra Mohnen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 272
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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✦ Synopsis
Uridine 5-diphosphate galacturonic acid (UDP-GalA) is a substrate for the galacturonosyltransferases that synthesize the three pectic polysaccharides homogalacturonan, rhamnogalacturonan I, and rhamnogalacturonan II. Pectin synthesis occurs in the Golgi and it is hypothesized that UDP-GalA is transported into the lumen of the Golgi by membrane-localized transporters. To study the transport and metabolism of UDP-GalA in the Golgi, UDP-GalA labeled in the uridine moiety is required. Here we present a high-yield method for the synthesis of [ 3 H]UDP-GalA from [ 3 H]UTP and Glc-1-P by sequential reactions catalyzed by UDP-Glc pyrophosphorylase, UDP-Glc dehydrogenase, and UDP-GlcA-4epimerase and the separation of the reaction products over a Dionex CarboPac PA1 anion-exchange column using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC). Approximately half of the [ 3 H]UTP was converted into [ 3 H]UDP-GalA and the remaining 50% was recovered as [ 3 H]UDP-GlcA. Both products were purified and the identity of the [ 3 H]UDP-GalA was confirmed by its conversion into [ 3 H]UDP-GlcA by UDP-GlcA-4-epimerase. The enzymatic synthesis of diverse nucleotide sugars radiolabeled in the nucleotide by the use of nucleotide-converting enzymes, combined with the high-resolution separation of the nucleotide sugars and their purification by HPAEC, can provide unique substrates required for the study of diverse nucleotide sugar transporters.