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. 1982 Nov;152(2):865-73.
doi: 10.1128/jb.152.2.865-873.1982.

Asparagine-linked carbohydrate does not determine the cellular location of yeast vacuolar nonspecific alkaline phosphatase

D W Clark, J S Tkacz, J O Lampen

Asparagine-linked carbohydrate does not determine the cellular location of yeast vacuolar nonspecific alkaline phosphatase

D W Clark et al. J Bacteriol. 1982 Nov.

Abstract

The nonspecific alkaline phosphatase of Saccharomyces sp. strain 1710 has been shown by phosphatase cytochemistry to be exclusively located in the vacuole, para-Nitrophenyl phosphate-specific alkaline phosphatase is not detected by this procedure because the activity of this enzyme is sensitive to the fixative agent, glutaraldehyde. To determine whether the oligosaccharide of nonspecific alkaline phosphatase is necessary to transport the enzyme into the vacuole, protoplasts were derepressed in the absence or in the presence of tunicamycin, an antibiotic which interferes with the glycosylation of asparagine residues in proteins. The location of the enzyme in the tunicamycin-treated protoplasts, as determined by electron microscopy and subcellular fractionation, was identical to its location in control protoplasts. In addition, carbohydrate-free alkaline phosphatase was found in vacuoles from tunicamycin-treated protoplasts. Our findings indicate that the asparagine-linked carbohydrate moiety does not determine the cellular location of the enzyme.

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