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The peptide signal sequence for protein O-glycosylation is not fully characterized, although a recent in vitro study proposed that the sequence motif, XTPXP, serves as a signal for mucin-type O-glycosylation. Here, we show that the AATPAP sequence acts as an efficient O-glycosylation signal, in vivo. A secreted fibroblast growth factor (secFGF) was used as a model to analyze glycosylation and its effects on the biological activity of FGF. Two constructs encoding [AATPAP]secFGF in which AATPAP was introduced at the N- or C-terminus of secFGF were constructed in a eukaryotic expression vector. [AATPAP]secFGF proteins were then expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and secreted into the surrounding medium, primarily as modified forms sensitive to sialidase but not to peptide N-glycosidase F. The modifying groups were not seen when the AATPAP sequence was converted to AAAPAP or when [AATPAP]secFGF was expressed in mutant cells incapable of UDP-GalNAc biosynthesis. The results indicate that the modifying groups were mucin-type O-glycans and that the AATPAP served as an efficient O-glycosylation signal sequence. The O-glycosylated forms of [AATPAP]secFGF were as mitogenic toward human vascular endothelial cells as unmodified secFGF, suggesting that introduction of the signal into biologically active polypeptides is a promising approach with which O-glycosylation may be achieved without affecting original activity.
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Asada, M., Orikasa, N., Yoneda, A. et al. The AATPAP sequence is a very efficient signal for O-glycosylation in CHO cells. Glycoconj J 16, 321–326 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007092708666
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