Fine-Tuning Limited Proteolysis: A Major Role for Regulated Site-Specific O-Glycosylation

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Abstract

Limited proteolytic processing is an essential and ubiquitous post-translational modification (PTM) affecting secreted proteins; failure to regulate the process is often associated with disease. Glycosylation is also a ubiquitous protein PTM and site-specific O-glycosylation in close proximity to sites of proteolysis can regulate and direct the activity of proprotein convertases, a disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs), and metalloproteinases affecting the activation or inactivation of many classes of proteins, including G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Here, we summarize the emerging data that suggest O-glycosylation to be a key regulator of limited proteolysis, and highlight the potential for crosstalk between multiple PTMs.

Original languageEnglish
JournalTrends in Biochemical Sciences
Volume43
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)269-284
Number of pages16
ISSN0968-0004
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • G-protein-coupled receptors
  • GalNAc-Ts
  • O-glycosylation
  • proteases
  • proteolytic processing
  • PTM

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