Nitrogenase is a complex consisting of the MoFe protein (dinitrogenase or component I) a heterotetramer, and the Fe protein (dinitrogenase reductase or component II) a homodimer.

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A branched oligosaccharide containing 

3 glucose (Glc)

9 mannose (Man)

2 N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)

Glc3Man9(GlcNAc)2

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Only asparagine residues in the tripeptide sequences Asn-X-Ser and Asn-X-Thr (where X is any amino acid except proline) are substrates for oligosaccharyl transferase.

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The precursor oligosaccharide is transferred from a

dolichol lipid anchor to the asparagine as an intact unit in a reaction catalyzed by a transmembrane oligosaccharyl transferase enzyme complex.

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Tunicamycin

blocks the first enzyme in this pathway, inhibits the synthesis of all N-linked oligosaccharides in cells.

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Two N- acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and five mannose residues are added one at a time to a dolichol phosphate on the cytosolic face of the ER membrane

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First sugar residue is attached to dolichol by a high-energy pyrophosphate linkage & the other sugars are added by glycosidic bonds