Comparison of the carbohydrate composition of rat and human corticosteroid-binding globulin: Species specific glycosylation

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Abstract

We have examined the carbohydrate composition of corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) obtained from rat and human serum. Rat CBG contained a carbohydrate composition that was strikingly different from that of human CBG. Like other glycoproteins that circulate in human plasma, human CBG had a carbohydrate composition that was consistent with the presence of biantennary and triantennary oligosaccharide structures. In contrast, the carbohydrate composition of rat CBG indicated the presence of more than one sialic acid residue per antenna. It is not clear whether rat CBG contains a carbohydrate structure with sialic acids attached to both galactose and N-acetylglucosamine on the same antenna, or a terminal disialylated structure (sialic acid linked α2–8 to sialic acid). These structural variations may play a role in the interaction of CBG with its receptor.

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