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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 3404-3414Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-04-0354
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Pi 159/8-3]
- UK Medical Research Council
- UK Research Councils' Basic Technology [GR/S79268]
- MRC [MC_U117533887] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/S79268/02] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117533887] Funding Source: researchfish
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N-Glycosylation starts in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where a 14-sugar glycan composed of three glucoses, nine mannoses, and two N-acetylglucosamines (Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)) is transferred to nascent proteins. The glucoses are sequentially trimmed by ER-resident glucosidases. The Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) moiety is the substrate for oligosaccharyltransferase; the Glc(1)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) and Man(9)GlcNAc(2) intermediates are signals for glycoprotein folding and quality control in the calnexin/calreticulin cycle. Here, we report a novel membrane-anchored ER protein that is highly conserved in animals and that recognizes the Glc(2)-N-glycan. Structure determination by nuclear magnetic resonance showed that its luminal part is a carbohydrate binding domain that recognizes glucose oligomers. Carbohydrate microarray analyses revealed a uniquely selective binding to a Glc(2)-N-glycan probe. The localization, structure, and binding specificity of this protein, which we have named malectin, open the way to studies of its role in the genesis, processing and secretion of N-glycosylated proteins.
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