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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 229-241Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-06-0570
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Formation of nodes of Ranvier requires contact of axons with myelinating glial cells, generating specialized axo-glial subdomains. Caspr/paranodin is required for the formation of septate-like junctions at paranodes, whereas the related caspr2 is essential for the organization of juxtaparanodes. The molecular mechanisms underlying the segregation of these related glycoproteins within distinct complexes are poorly understood. Exit of paranodin from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is mediated by its interaction with F3/contactin. Using domain swapping with caspr2, we mapped a motif with Pro-Gly-Tyr repeats (PGY) in the ectodomain of paranodin responsible for its ER retention. Deletion of PGY allows cell surface delivery of paranodin bypassing the calnexin-calreticulin quality control. Conversely, insertion of PGY in caspr2 or NrCAM blocks these proteins in the ER. PGY is a novel type of processing signal that compels chaperoning of paranodin by contactin. Contactin associated with paranodin is expressed at the cell surface with high-mannose N-glycans. Using mutant CHO lines altered in the processing of N-linked carbohydrates, we show that the high-mannose glycoform of contactin strongly binds neurofascin-155, its glial partner at paranodes. Thus, the unconventional processing of paranodin and contactin may determine the selective association of axo-glial complexes at paranodes.
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