Glycoproteomic characterization of recombinant mouse α-dystroglycan.

Rebecca Harrison, Paul G. Hitchen, Maria Panico, Howard R. Morris, David Mekhaiel, Richard Pleass, Anne Dell, Jane E. Hewitt, Stuart M. Haslam

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Abstract

α-Dystroglycan (DG) is a key component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. Aberrant glycosylation of the protein has been linked to various forms of congenital muscular dystrophy. Unusually α-DG has previously been demonstrated to be modified with both O-N-acetylgalactosamine and O-mannose initiated glycans. In the present study, Fc-tagged recombinant mouse α-DG was expressed and purified from human embryonic kidney 293T cells. α-DG glycopeptides were characterized by glycoproteomic strategies using both nano-liquid chromatography matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. A total of 14 different peptide sequences and 38 glycopeptides were identified which displayed heterogeneous O-glycosylation. These data provide new insights into the complex domain-specific O-glycosylation of α-DG.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)662-675
Number of pages14
JournalGlycobiology
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2012

Keywords

  • Dystroglycan
  • glycoproteomics
  • mass spectrometry
  • O-GalNAc
  • O-mannose

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