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alpha-1,2-Mannosidase from Trichoderma reesei was used to modify the N-link
ed glycosylation pathway of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Expre
ssion of foreign influenza glycoproteins with more extensively processed N-
linked oligosaccharides was observed when alpha-1,2-mannosidase was secrete
d in the culture medium. However, intracellular removal of mannose residues
may stimulate mannosyltransferase activity and leads to hyperglycosylation
. [H-3]Mannose suicide selection or high concentrations of orthovanadate, c
ommonly used to isolate glycosylation mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
had no profound effect on Pichia pastoris.