Biotechnology Letters, Vol.20, No.12, 1171-1177, 1998
Modification of the protein glycosylation pathway in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris
alpha-1,2-Mannosidase from Trichoderma reesei was used to modify the N-linked glycosylation pathway of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Expression of foreign influenza glycoproteins with more extensively processed N-linked oligosaccharides was observed when alpha-1,2-mannosidase was secreted in the culture medium. However, intracellular removal of mannose residues may stimulate mannosyltransferase activity and leads to hyperglycosylation. [H-3]Mannose suicide selection or high concentrations of orthovanadate, commonly used to isolate glycosylation mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, had no profound effect on Pichia pastoris.
Keywords:ANION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY;N-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES;SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE;GLYCOPROTEIN-BIOSYNTHESIS;MUTANTSDEFICIENT