A soluble truncated form of the cation-dependent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CD-MPR)encoding only the extracytoplasmic region, Stop
155, and a truncated glycosylation-deficient form of theCD-MPR, Asn
81/Stop
155, which has been modified to contain only one N-linked glycosylation site atposition 81 instead of five, were purified from baculovirus-infected High Five insect cells. The glycosylatedrecombinant proteins were functional in ligand binding and acid-dependent dissociation as assessed bypentamannosyl phosphate-agarose affinity chromatography. Gel filtration, sucrose gradients, and cross-linking experiments revealed that both Stop
155 and Asn
81/Stop
155 are dimeric, demonstrating that thetransmembrane and cytoplasmic region of the receptor as well as N-linked oligosaccharides at positions31, 57, and 87 are not required for dimerization. The
Kd of Stop
155 and Asn
81/Stop
155 for the lysosomalenzyme,
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-glucuronidase, was 0.2 and 0.3 nM, respectively. These values are very similar to those reportedfor the full-length CD-MPR, demonstrating that the extracellular region of the CD-MPR is sufficient forhigh-affinity binding and that oligosaccharides at positions 31, 57, and 87 do not influence ligand binding.