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ArticleGlycobiology2018

Members of the GalNAc-T family of enzymes utilize distinct Golgi localization mechanisms.

Jessica L Becker, Duy T Tran, Lawrence A Tabak

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Article in Glycobiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica L BeckerSection on Biological Chemistry, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Duy T TranSection on Biological Chemistry, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Lawrence A TabakSection on Biological Chemistry, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Structure and Function of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide alpha-GalNAc transferasesZIADE000739 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI TABAK, LAWRENCE A. · 2012 to 2025
$12.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS ZIA DE000739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucin-type O-glycosylation is an evolutionarily conserved and essential post-translational protein modification that is initiated in the Golgi apparatus by a family of enzymes known as the UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (GalNAc-Ts). GalNAc-Ts are type II membrane proteins which contain short N-terminal tails located in the cytoplasm, a transmembrane domain that crosses the Golgi membrane, to which is connected a stem region that tethers the C-terminal catalytic and lectin domains that reside in the Golgi lumen. Although mucin-type O-glycans have been shown to play critical roles in numerous biological processes, little is known about how the GalNAc-Ts are targeted to their site of action within the Golgi complex. Here, we investigate the essential protein domains required for Golgi localization of four representative members of the GalNAc-T family of enzymes. We find that GalNAc-T1 and -T2 require their cytoplasmic tail and transmembrane domains for proper Golgi localization, while GalNAc-T10 requires its transmembrane and luminal stem domains. GalNAc-T7 can use either its cytoplasmic tail or its luminal stem, in combination with its transmembrane domain, to localize to the Golgi. We determined that a single glutamic acid in the GalNAc-T10 cytoplasmic tail inhibits its ability to localize to the Golgi via a cytoplasmic tail-dependent mechanism. We therefore demonstrate that despite their similarity, different members of this enzyme family are directed to the Golgi by more than one set of targeting signals.

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Cells, CulturedGolgi ApparatusHumansN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesProtein TransportN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesUDP-N-acetylgalactosamine--polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 7

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PMID30084948
PMCPMC6192461
OpenAlexW2885637975

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