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After the addition of three glucose molecules to the completed oligosacharide pr

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Question

After the addition of three glucose molecules to the completed oligosacharide precursur (Glc3Man9(GlcNAc)2), which of the following reactions most likely occurs?

Wrong Answer:

The unfolded protein response

Answers:

The unfolded protein response

Folding and retention by lectin domain containing proteins

The recruitment of hnRNPs

Protein disulfide isomerase mediated oxidation

Glycosylation of a new protein which is/has entered the ER lumen catalyzed by oligosaccharyl transferase

After the addition of three glucose molecules to the completed oligosacharide precursur (Glc3Man9(GlcNAc)2), which of the following reactions most likely occurs?

Wrong Answer:

The unfolded protein response

Answers:

The unfolded protein response

Folding and retention by lectin domain containing proteins

The recruitment of hnRNPs

Protein disulfide isomerase mediated oxidation

Glycosylation of a new protein which is/has entered the ER lumen catalyzed by oligosaccharyl transferase

Explanation / Answer

SOLUTION:

After the addition of three glucose molecules to the completed oligosacharide precursur (Glc3Man9(GlcNAc)2), reaction is most likely occurs is that

Glycosylation of a new protein which is/has entered the ER lumen catalyzed by oligosaccharyl transferase.

N-linked glycosylation, is the attachment of the sugar molecule oligosaccharide known a glycan to a nitrogen atom (amide nitrogen of asparagine residue of a protein), in a process called N-glycosylation

The biosynthesis of N-linked glycans occurs via 3 major steps.

Synthesis, en bloc transfer and initial trimming of precursor oligosaccharide occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Subsequent processing and modification of the oligosaccharide chain is carried out in the Golgi apparatus.

The synthesis of glycoproteins is thus spatially separated in different cellular compartments. Therefore, the type of N-glycan synthesised, depends on its accessibility to the different enzymes present within these cellular compartments.

Oligosaccharyltransferase is the enzyme responsible for the recognition of the consensus sequence and the transfer of the precursor glycan to a polypeptide acceptor which is being translated in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen. N-linked glycosylation is therefore, is a co-translational event.