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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 662-675 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Glycobiology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2012 |
Keywords
- Dystroglycan
- glycoproteomics
- mass spectrometry
- O-GalNAc
- O-mannose