Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored fungal polysaccharide in Aspergillus fumigatus

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Abstract

Galactomannan is a characteristic polysaccharide of the human filamentous fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus that can be used to diagnose invasive aspergillosis. In this study, we report the isolation of a galactomannan fraction associated to membrane preparations from A. fumigatus mycelium by a lipid anchor. Specific chemical and enzymatic degradations and mass spectrometry analysis showed that the lipid anchor is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). The lipid part is an inositol phosphoceramide containing mainly C 18-phytosphingosine and monohydroxylated lignoceric acid (2OH-C 24:0 fatty acid). GPI glycan is a tetramannose structure linked to a glucosamine residue: Manα1-2Manα1-2Manα1-6Manα1-4GlcN. The galactomannan polymer is linked to the GPI structure throught the mannan chain. The GPI structure is a type 1, closely related to the one previously described for the GPI-anchored proteins of A. famigatus. This is the first time that a fungal polysaccharide is shown to be GPI-anchored. © 2005 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Costachel, C., Coddeville, B., Latgé, J. P., & Fontaine, T. (2005). Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored fungal polysaccharide in Aspergillus fumigatus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(48), 39835–39842. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M510163200

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