Caenorhabditis elegans triple null mutant lacking UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:alpha-3-D-mannoside beta1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I

The Biochemical Journal
Shaoxian ZhuH Schachter

Abstract

We have previously reported, from the nematode worm Caenor-habditis elegans, three genes (gly-12, gly-13 and gly-14) encoding enzymically active UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:alpha-3-D-mannoside beta1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnT I), an enzyme essential for hybrid, paucimannose and complex N-glycan synthesis. We now describe a worm with null mutations in all three GnT I genes, gly-14 (III);gly-12 gly-13 (X) (III and X refer to the chromosome number). The triple-knock-out (TKO) worms have a normal phenotype, although they do not express GnT I activity and do not synthesize 31 paucimannose, complex and fucosylated oligomannose N-glycans present in the wild-type worm. The TKO worm has increased amounts of non-fucosylated oligomannose N-glycan structures, a finding consistent with the site of GnT I action. Five fucosylated oligomannose N-glycan structures were observed in TKO, but not wild-type, worms, indicating the presence of unusual GnT I-independent fucosyltransferases. It is concluded that wild-type C. elegans makes a large number of GnT I-dependent N-glycans that are not essential for normal worm development under laboratory conditions. The TKO worm may be more susceptible to mutations in other genes, thereby provid...Continue Reading

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