Title :
Plakoglobin is O-glycosylated close to the N-terminal destruction box
Abstract :
- Plakoglobin provides a key linkage in protein chains that connect desmosomal and classical cadherins to the cytoskeleton
- It is also present in a significant cytosolic pool that has the capacity to impact on canonical Wnt signaling by competing for interaction with partner proteins of beta-catenin
- The closely related protein , beta-catenin , is rapidly targeted for proteasomal degradation by phosphorylation of a "destruction box" within the N-terminal domain
- Inhibition of this process forms the basis of Wnt signaling
- This destruction box is also found in the N-terminal domain of plakoglobin
- We report that plakoglobin is modified by the addition of O-GlcNAc at a single site in close proximity to the destruction box
- O-GlcNAc modification has been proposed to counteract phosphorylation, provide protection from proteasomal degradation, mediate signal transduction, silence transcription, and regulate multimolecular protein assembly
- This finding has potential implications for understanding the roles of plakoglobin
Output (sent_index, trigger,
protein,
sugar,
site):
- 0. O-glycosylated, , Plakoglobin, -, -
Output(Part-Of) (sent_index,
protein,
site):
*Output_Site_Fusion* (sent_index,
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