Pedersen NB, Wang S, Narimatsu Y, Yang Z, Halim A, Schjoldager KT, Madsen TD, Seidah NG, Bennett EP, Levery SB, Clausen H.
J Biol Chem. 2014 May 5.
The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is crucial for cholesterol homeostasis and deficiency in LDLR functions cause hypercholesterolemia. LDLR is a type I transmembrane protein that requires O-glycosylation for stable expression at the cell surface. It has previously been suggested that LDLR O-glycosylation is found N-terminal to the juxtamembrane region. Recently we identified O-glycosylation sites in the linker regions between the characteristic LDLR class A repeats in several LDLR-related receptors using the 'SimpleCell' O-glycoproteome shotgun strategy. Herein, we have systematically characterized O-glycosylation sites on recombinant LDLR shed from HEK293 SimpleCells and CHO wild-type cells. We find that the short linker regions between LDLR class A repeats contain an evolutionarily conserved O-glycosylation site at position -1 of the first cysteine residue of most repeats, which in wild-type CHO cells is glycosylated with the typical sialylated core 1 structure. The glycosites in linker regions of LDLR class A repeats are conserved in LDLR from man to Xenopus and found in other homologous receptors. O-glycosylation is controlled by a large family of polypeptide GalNAc-transferases. Probing into which isoform(s) contributed to glycosylation of the linker regions of the LDLR class A repeats by in vitro enzyme assays suggested a major role of GalNAc-T11. This was supported by expression of LDLR in HEK293 cells, where knockout of the GalNAc-T11 isoform resulted in the loss of glycosylation of three out of four linker regions.
http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2014/05/05/jbc.M113.545053.longUniversity of Copenhagen, Denmark
United States
