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Glycobiology in Human Disease I Flashcards

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Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that are active at the acidic pH of this organelle, and most of these enzymes are soluble and localized in the

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Lysosomal lumen

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The digestive enzymes in lysosomes are special because they are destined for

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Intracellular organelles

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To do so, they require special processing within the

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Golgi apparatus

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Similar to all other secretory proteins, lysosomal enzymes are synthesized in the

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ER (then transported to golgi)

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Within the Golgi complex they undergo a variety of post-translational modifications, of which one is

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Addition of terminal mannose-6P

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The attachment of terminal mannose-6-phosphate groups to some of the oligosaccharide side chains forms a

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Glycoprotein

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The phosphorylated mannose residues serve as an “address label” that is recognized by specific receptors found on the inner surface of the

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Golgi membrane

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Bind these receptors and are thereby segregated from the numerous other secretory proteins within the Golgi

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Lysosomal Enzymes

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Subsequently, small transport vesicles containing the receptor-bound enzymes are pinched off from the Golgi and proceed to fuse with the

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Lysosome

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Molecules are composed of a protein molecule linked to one or more carbohydrates

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Glycoproteins

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Carbohydrates are O-linked, if they are linked to the protein via a

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Serine or threonine amino acid

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Carbohydrates are N-linked if they are linked to the protein via an

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Asparagine

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The mechanism of synthesis of O-linked glycoproteins is similar to that of

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Glycosaminoglycans

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As the polypeptide is being synthesized, it is extruded into the lumen of the ER. The carbohydrate substrates are

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UDP-derivates of sugars

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The mechanism of N-linked glycoprotein biosynthesis is distinct from that of O-linked biosynthesis. In this case, the carbohydrate substrates are not

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UDP-derivatives

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In the N-linked glycoprotein synthesis, the carbohydrate substrates are not UDP-derivatives, but are instead

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Dolichol pyrophosphate derivatives

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In N-linked glycoproteins, sugars are added individually directly to

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Dolichol (not the protein)

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In N-linked glycoproteins, sugars are added individually directly to dolichol by

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Glycosyltransferases

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The oligosaccharide is then transferred from dolichol to the

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Asparagine side chain of the protein

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The N-linked oligosaccharide is then processed by removal of specific sugar residues – back to

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Mannose residues

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Act as biological labels, including those specifying cell surface recognition and cell surface antigenicity

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Glycoproteins

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Enhance protein solubility (due to polarity of the carbohydrate

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Glycoproteins

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Glycoproteins are resistant to

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Proteases

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The terminus of glycoproteins can also affect intracellular protein targeting. For example, terminal mannose-6-phosphate residues target enzymes for transport to the

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Lysosome

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Mannose6-phosphate receptors on the internal Golgi surface bind mannose-6-phosphate and direct vesicle transport to the

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Lysosome

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A rare but serious disease marked by skeletal abnormalities and psychomotor problems

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I-cell disease

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In I-cell disease, how many acid hydrolases are missing from the lysosome?

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8

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This abnormality, however, is a consequence of a single

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Gene defect

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This abnormality, however, is a consequence of a single gene defect. It turns out that the gene encodes a

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UMP transferase

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This UMP transferase catalyzes phosphate transfer to

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Mannose-6-OH

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As a consequence, acid hydrolases that are normally targeted to the lysosome by mannose-6phosphate are misdirected, resulting in toxic accumulation of

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Glycosaminoglycans and glycolipids

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I-Cell disease can be classified as a toxic accumulation of

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Glycosaminoglycans and glycolipids

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Represent a large group of more than 50 clinically recognized conditions resulting from inborn errors of metabolism affecting the organelle known as the lysosome

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Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs)

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An integral part of the larger endosomal/lysosomal system, and is closely allied with the ubiquitin-proteosomal and autophagosomal systems

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Lysosome

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Consist of the interruption of metabolic pathways involved in the recycling of degradation products of one or several types of macromolecules

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LSDs

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As a consequence of inefficient recycling, imperfectly degraded substances accumulate in cells with cascades of

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Deleterious repercussions

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The histological hallmark of LSDs is

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Cell vacuolation

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With time, cells in most severely affected tissues become progressively clogged with

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Cytoplasmic inclusions

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Over 50 LSDs are known and they have a collective incidence of approximately

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1 - 7000/8000 births

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LSDs are normally

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Monogenic

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LSDs are normally monogenic (i.e. they involve only a single gene), but, for most LSDs, numerous mutations have been described in the

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Same gene

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No obvious genotype–phenotype correlation has been found for most

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LSDs

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The ever-expanding number of LSDs can be divided into rational categories based on the biochemical nature of the accumulated metabolite, thus creating such subgroups as the

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Glycogenoses, sphingolipidoses (lipidoses), mucopolysaccharidoses, and mucolipidoses

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Rich in gangliosides, and hence defective hydrolysis of gangliosides, as occurs in GM1 and GM2 gangliosidoses, results primarily in accumulation within neurons and consequent neurologic symptoms

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The brain

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Defective hydrolysis of ganfliosides occurs in

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GM1 and GM2 gangliosidoses

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Defective degredation affects virtually every organ because they are widely distributed in the body

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Mucopolysaccharides

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Organs rich in phagocytic cells, such as the spleen and liver, are frequently enlarged in several forms of

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LSDs

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The most severe LSDs, infantile forms, present with acute

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Brain involvement

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These patients die within the

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First years of life

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In adult forms, symptoms develop more slowly and disability often arises mainly from

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Peripheral symptoms

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Intermediate between infantile and adult forms of LSD

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Juvenile forms of LSDs

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Neurological symptoms of LSDs can include seizures, dementia and

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Brainstem dysfunction

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Among the peripheral symptoms of LSDs are enlargement of the spleen and liver (hepatosplenomegaly), heart and kidney injury, abnormal bone formation, muscle atrophy and

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Ocular disease

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Several diseases are characterized by prominent neurological involvement and minimal peripheral impairment, for example

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Sanfilippo disease

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Others have peripheral dysfunction with rare brain involvement, for example

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Fabry Disease

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All forms of Pompe disease (or glycogen-storage-disease type II) are characterized by

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Myopathy

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?Many of the sphingolipidoses are characterized by

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Brain disease

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A family of linear polymers composed of repeating disaccharide subunits. The disaccharide repeating unit consists of an amino sugar for which the amino group is usually acetylated

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Glycosaminoglycans

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Made up of repeating disaccharide units, an amino sugar, and an acidic sugar

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Glycosaminoglycans

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N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine are examples of

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Amino sugars

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Glucuronic acid and its C5 epimer iduronic acid are examples of

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Acidic sugars

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Synthesized by the sequential addition of alternating acidic and amino sugars

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Glycosaminoglycans

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The substrates for glycosaminoglycans are not the acidic and amino sugars per se, but are instead

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UDP derivatives of each monosaccharide

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In some glycosaminoglycans one or more of the hydroxyl groups of the amino sugar is esterified with

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Sulfate

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The combination of these sulfate groups and the carboxylate groups of glucuronic acid gives the glycosaminoglycans a very high density of

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Negative charge

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Consequently, glycosaminoglycans are long, thin, hydrated molecules with very high

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Viscosity

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Each of the glycosaminoglycans (except hyaluronate) is found covalently attached to extracellular proteins to form

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Proteoglycan monomers

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These are enormous aggregates in which the polysaccharide is the principal component, typically 95% or more of mass

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Proteoglycans

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The fundamental distinction between proteoglycans and glycoproteins is their

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Sugar composition

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The disaccharide repeating unit of proteoglycans, typically 20 – 60 dimers, is covalently attached to protein at a

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Serine or threonine residue

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This occurs via a trisaccharide linkage of

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-xylose-galactose-galactose

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The core protein of proteoglycans is synthesized in the cytosol and co-translationally translocated into the lumen of the

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ER

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Formation of the carbohydrate chain is initiated by transfer of xylose to either a

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Serine or Threonine

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This is followed by the addition of two

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Galactose residues

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Alternating acidic and amino sugars are then added to the growing chain to reach of length of 20 – 60 disaccharide repeating units, depending upon the type of

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Proteoglycan

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Each of these additions is catalyzed by membrane-bound transferases while the nascent proteoglycan traverses the

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ER

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Occurs after monosaccharides have been incorporated into the growing carbohydrate chain

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Sulfation of sugar residues

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Proteoglycan monomers, in turn, are noncovalently linked to

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Hyaluronate

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Composed typically of approximately 50,000 disaccharide repeating units per chain, to form proteoglycan aggregates

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Hyaluronate

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One hundred or more proteoglycan monomers can bind a single, extended molecule of

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Hyaluronate

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Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans function as components of the extracellular matrix of

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Cartilage and Tendons

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Contribute tensile strength and elasticity to cartilage and tendons

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Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans

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Indeed, these structures can cushion compressive forces because glycosaminoglycans have highly hydrated

-spring back after being deformed

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Polyanions

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Extracellular proteoglycans are usually interwoven with fibrous proteins such as

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Collagen and Elastin

85
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The association between cells and the proteoglycan of extracellular matrix is mediated by a

  1. ) Membrane protein called
  2. ) Extracellular protein called
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  1. ) Integrin

2. ) Fibronectin

86
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Also comprise the synovial fluid of joints, mucous secretions, and the vitreous humor of the vertebrate eye

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Proteoglycans

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Unlike the other glycosaminoglycans, functions within the cell

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Heparin

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Heparin is a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan that binds specifically to

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Antithrombin

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Accelerates the sequestration of

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Antithrombin

90
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Thus, Heparin functions as an

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Anticoagulant

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Lastly, the disaccharide repeating unit of glycosaminoglycans is also found as a component of the cell wall of certain

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Gram-positive bacteria

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Have the disaccharide repeating unit is N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc)

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Gram-positive bacteria cell membranes

93
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A component of human tears, kills bacteria by hydrolyzing the glycosidic bond between GlcNAc and MurNAc

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Lysozyme

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Several antibiotics exert their effects by targeting the peptidoglycan components of the wall. For example,

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Penicillin

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Targets peptidoglycan

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Penicillin

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Interferes with peptidoglycan biosynthesis by inhibiting a transpeptidase that catalyzes formation of the cross-linking polypeptide

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Penicillin

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Glycosaminoglycans are degraded in the

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Lysosome

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Glycosaminoglycans are broken down by an array of hydrolytic enzymes. Degradation is sequential, beginning with the last group added during

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Biosynthesis

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Hereditary disorders characterized by accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in various tissues

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Mucopolysaccharidoses

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Accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in various tissues is due to deficiency for specific lysosomal hydrolases in a

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Mucopolysaccharidoses

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