Analysis of a naturally occurring mutation in sucrase–isomaltase: glutamine 1098 is not essential for transport to the surface of COS-1 cells

Abstract

A glutamine for proline substitution at position 1098 was previously shown to result in accumulation of brush-border sucrase–isomaltase in the Golgi apparatus. The substitution is present in a highly homologous region of the protein, and results in a comparable accumulation when introduced into the same region in lysosomal α-glucosidase. To study the importance of the glutamine-1098, we analyzed the transport compatibility of two mutants in which glutamine-1098 is substituted by lysine or alanine. Both mutants were transported to the cell surface and processed comparable to wild type. We concluded that glutamine-1098 is not essential for transport to the cell surface.