Abstract
A hypothesis, proposed 25 years ago, that there is selection against glycosylation in ruminant pancreatic ribonucleases by replacement of methionine to leucine in the ancestral carbohydrate attachment site Asn-Met-Thr at residues 34-36, was experimentally confirmed. The replacement of leucine at position 35 by methionine in bovine ribonuclease resulted in a three-fold relative increase in glycosylation when expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 446-450 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Biochemical genetics |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 7-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug-2008 |
Keywords
- bovine
- glycoprotein
- molecular evolution
- ribonuclease
- ruminants