Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 18 non-catalytically regulates the ER homeostasis and O-glycosylation

Autor: Yan Zhang, Yingjiao Xu, Feng Liu, Xing Li, Fang Yang, Aidong Shan, Takashi Sato, Zhijue Xu, Jishun Lu, Wei Li, Hisashi Narimatsu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1863:870-882
ISSN: 0304-4165
Popis: Mucin-type O-glycosylation plays important roles in various biological processes. It is initiated by a family of 20 conserved UDP-GalNAc: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (ppGalNAc-Ts). Unlike most ppGalNAc-Ts localized to the Golgi apparatus, ppGalNAc-T18 is predominantly distributed on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and exhibits no ppGalNAc-T catalytic activity in vitro. Herein, we found that ppGalNAc-T18 silencing in cells decreased O-glycosylation levels and activated ER stress leading to apoptosis. After treatment with chemical chaperone 4-phenylbutyric acid (PBA) or forced expression of ppGalNAc-T18 in the ppGalNAc-T18 knockdown cell, these defects could be significantly alleviated, suggesting that ppGalNAc-T18 is important for ER homeostasis and protein O-glycosylation. Furthermore, we found that ppGalNAc-T18 exerts its functions in O-glycosylation and ER stress via a non-catalytic mechanism. These results reveal a novel molecular role of ppGalNAc-Ts that the ER-localized ppGalNAc-T18 could regulate the O-glycosylation and ER homeostasis in a non-catalytic manner.
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