O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function.
Fucosylation of Epidermal Growth Factor-like (EGF) repeats by protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1 in vertebrates, OFUT1 in Drosophila) is pivotal for NOTCH function. In Drosophila OFUT1 also acts as chaperone for Notch independent from its enzymatic activity. NOTCH ligands are also substrates for...
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| author | Julia Müller Nadia A Rana Katrin Serth Shinako Kakuda Robert S Haltiwanger Achim Gossler |
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| description | Fucosylation of Epidermal Growth Factor-like (EGF) repeats by protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1 in vertebrates, OFUT1 in Drosophila) is pivotal for NOTCH function. In Drosophila OFUT1 also acts as chaperone for Notch independent from its enzymatic activity. NOTCH ligands are also substrates for POFUT1, but in Drosophila OFUT1 is not essential for ligand function. In vertebrates the significance of POFUT1 for ligand function and subcellular localization is unclear. Here, we analyze the importance of O-fucosylation and POFUT1 for the mouse NOTCH ligand Delta-like 1 (DLL1). We show by mass spectral glycoproteomic analyses that DLL1 is O-fucosylated at the consensus motif C²XXXX(S/T)C³ (where C² and C³ are the second and third conserved cysteines within the EGF repeats) found in EGF repeats 3, 4, 7 and 8. A putative site with only three amino acids between the second cysteine and the hydroxy amino acid within EGF repeat 2 is not modified. DLL1 proteins with mutated O-fucosylation sites reach the cell surface and accumulate intracellularly. Likewise, in presomitic mesoderm cells of POFUT1 deficient embryos DLL1 is present on the cell surface, and in mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking POFUT1 the same relative amount of overexpressed wild type DLL1 reaches the cell surface as in wild type embryonic fibroblasts. DLL1 expressed in POFUT1 mutant cells can activate NOTCH, indicating that POFUT1 is not required for DLL1 function as a Notch ligand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b37817be512a4b6c8a33a7728d4e70362022-12-22T00:31:52ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8857110.1371/journal.pone.0088571O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function.Julia MüllerNadia A RanaKatrin SerthShinako KakudaRobert S HaltiwangerAchim GosslerFucosylation of Epidermal Growth Factor-like (EGF) repeats by protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1 in vertebrates, OFUT1 in Drosophila) is pivotal for NOTCH function. In Drosophila OFUT1 also acts as chaperone for Notch independent from its enzymatic activity. NOTCH ligands are also substrates for POFUT1, but in Drosophila OFUT1 is not essential for ligand function. In vertebrates the significance of POFUT1 for ligand function and subcellular localization is unclear. Here, we analyze the importance of O-fucosylation and POFUT1 for the mouse NOTCH ligand Delta-like 1 (DLL1). We show by mass spectral glycoproteomic analyses that DLL1 is O-fucosylated at the consensus motif C²XXXX(S/T)C³ (where C² and C³ are the second and third conserved cysteines within the EGF repeats) found in EGF repeats 3, 4, 7 and 8. A putative site with only three amino acids between the second cysteine and the hydroxy amino acid within EGF repeat 2 is not modified. DLL1 proteins with mutated O-fucosylation sites reach the cell surface and accumulate intracellularly. Likewise, in presomitic mesoderm cells of POFUT1 deficient embryos DLL1 is present on the cell surface, and in mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking POFUT1 the same relative amount of overexpressed wild type DLL1 reaches the cell surface as in wild type embryonic fibroblasts. DLL1 expressed in POFUT1 mutant cells can activate NOTCH, indicating that POFUT1 is not required for DLL1 function as a Notch ligand.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3922938?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Julia Müller Nadia A Rana Katrin Serth Shinako Kakuda Robert S Haltiwanger Achim Gossler O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. PLoS ONE |
| title | O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. |
| title_full | O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. |
| title_fullStr | O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. |
| title_full_unstemmed | O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. |
| title_short | O-fucosylation of the notch ligand mDLL1 by POFUT1 is dispensable for ligand function. |
| title_sort | o fucosylation of the notch ligand mdll1 by pofut1 is dispensable for ligand function |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3922938?pdf=render |
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