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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Cosmc is an essential chaperone for correct protein O-glycosylation.

Yingchun Wang, Tongzhong Ju, Xiaokun Ding, Baoyun Xia, Wenyi Wang, Lijun Xia, Miao He, Richard D Cummings

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

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138 citing papers in PubMed, 213 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yingchun WangDepartments of Biochemistry and Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Tongzhong Ju
Xiaokun Ding
Baoyun Xia
Wenyi Wang
Lijun Xia
Miao He
Richard D Cummings
Emory University · USOklahoma Medical Research Foundation · US

Funding

Structural Basis of Immune Recognition of Glycosylated AntigensU54GM062116 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI HEAD, STEVEN R · 2001 to 2010
$80.3M
Genetic Basis of Non-Familial IgA NephropathyR01DK080876 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JU, TONGZHONG · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
Cosmc - A Novel Molecular Chaperone Regulating O-GlycansR01GM068559 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D · 2005 to 2009
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK080876NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK80876NIGMS NIH HHS GM068559NIGMS NIH HHS GM62116NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068559NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM062116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cosmc is a molecular chaperone thought to be required for expression of active T-synthase, the only enzyme that galactosylates the Tn antigen (GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr-R) to form core 1 Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr (T antigen) during mucin type O-glycan biosynthesis. Here we show that ablation of the X-linked Cosmc gene in mice causes embryonic lethality and Tn antigen expression. Loss of Cosmc is associated with loss of T-synthase but not other enzymes required for glycoprotein biosynthesis, demonstrating that Cosmc is specific in vivo for the T-synthase. We generated genetically mosaic mice with a targeted Cosmc deletion and survivors exhibited abnormalities correlated with Tn antigen expression that are related to several human diseases.

Indexed as

PhenotypeAnimalsAntigens, Tumor-Associated, CarbohydrateBlotting, SouthernCrosses, GeneticEmbryonic Stem CellsGalactosyltransferasesGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene SilencingGlycosylationImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular ChaperonesPolysaccharidesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionAntigens, Tumor-Associated, CarbohydrateCosmc protein, mouseGalactosyltransferasesMolecular ChaperonesPolysaccharidesTn antigen

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PMID20439703
PMCPMC2889116
OpenAlexW2059282001

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