Abstract
Subcellular membrane fractions from 21-day-old pea (Pisum sativum) cotyledons that have associated UDP-N-acetylglucosamine N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase and GDP-mannose mannosyl transferase activities have been isolated and identified. The rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) is the principal location of glycosyl transferases involved in the assembly of lipid-linked sugar intermediates and glycoproteins. Antimycin A-insensitive NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity was used to identify RER at a density of 1.165 g/cc in sucrose gradients. The high proportion of RER in this fraction was confirmed by electron microscopy.Other mannosyl transferases are found at a density of 1.123 g/cc and 1.201 g/cc but these glycosyl transferases do not appear to be involved with the formation of lipid-linked sugar intermediates utilized in glycoprotein biosynthesis.
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