Title : Functional analysis of the posttranslational modifications of the
death receptor 6
Abstract :
- Death receptor 6 ( DR6 / TNFRSF21 ) is a death domain-containing receptor of the TNFR superfamily with an apparent regulatory function in hematopoietic and neuronal cells
- In this study we document that DR6 is an extensively posttranslationally modified transmembrane protein and that N- and O-glycosylations of amino acids in its extracellular part are mainly responsible for its approximately 40 kDa mobility shift in SDS polyacrylamide gels
- Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed that all six extracellular asparagines are N-glycosylated and that the Ser/Thr/Pro cluster in the "stalk" domain juxtaposed to the cysteine-rich domains (CRDs) is a major site for the likely mucine-type of O-glycosylation
- Deletion of the entire linker region between CRDs and the transmembrane domain , spanning over 130 amino acids, severely compromises the plasma membrane localization of DR6 and leads to its intracellular retention
- Biosynthetic labeling with radiolabeled palmitate and side-directed mutagenesis also revealed that the membrane-proximal Cys368 in the intracellular part of DR6 is, similarly as cysteines in Fas / CD95 or DR4 ICPs, S-palmitoylated
- However, palmitoylation of Cys368 is apparently not required for DR6 targeting into Brij-98 insoluble lipid rafts
- In contrast, we show that N-glycosylation of the extracellular part might participate in directing DR6 into these membrane microdomains
Output (sent_index, trigger,
protein,
sugar,
site):
- 3. N-glycosylated, , -, -, asparagines
Output(Part-Of) (sent_index,
protein,
site):
*Output_Site_Fusion* (sent_index,
protein,
sugar,
site):