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ArticleScience advances2024

An unusual dual sugar-binding lectin domain controls the substrate specificity of a mucin-type O-glycosyltransferase.

Abbie M Collette, Sergio A Hassan, Susan I Schmidt, Alexander J Lara, Weiming Yang, Nadine L Samara

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Glycosylation in kidney diseases.Precision clinical medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abbie M ColletteStructural Biochemistry Unit, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-4298-7732
Sergio A HassanBioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, OCICB, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3319-078X
Susan I SchmidtMICaB Program, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5214-2340
Alexander J LaraSection on Biological Chemistry, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3781-9584
Weiming YangSection on Biological Chemistry, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5023-2155
Nadine L SamaraStructural Biochemistry Unit, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7152-2939
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Structural and functional studies of polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (GalNAc-Ts)ZIADE000754 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI SAMARA, NADINE · 2020 to 2025
$4.0M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000754NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferases (GalNAc-Ts) initiate mucin-type O-glycosylation, an abundant and complex posttranslational modification that regulates host-microbe interactions, tissue development, and metabolism. GalNAc-Ts contain a lectin domain consisting of three homologous repeats (α, β, and γ), where α and β can potentially interact with O-GalNAc on substrates to enhance activity toward a nearby acceptor Thr/Ser. The ubiquitous isoenzyme GalNAc-T1 modulates heart development, immunity, and SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, but its substrates are largely unknown. Here, we show that both α and β in GalNAc-T1 uniquely orchestrate the O-glycosylation of various glycopeptide substrates. The α repeat directs O-glycosylation to acceptor sites carboxyl-terminal to an existing GalNAc, while the β repeat directs O-glycosylation to amino-terminal sites. In addition, GalNAc-T1 incorporates α and β into various substrate binding modes to cooperatively increase the specificity toward an acceptor site located between two existing O-glycans. Our studies highlight a unique mechanism by which dual lectin repeats expand substrate specificity and provide crucial information for identifying the biological substrates of GalNAc-T1.

Indexed as

MucinsN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesLectinsPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferaseProtein Structure, TertiarySubstrate SpecificitySugarsLectinsMucinsN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferaseSugars

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PMID38416819
PMCPMC10901373
OpenAlexW4392265978

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