Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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Research Abstract |
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins is a post-translational modification occurring in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we established mutant cell lines that were selectively defective in transport of GPI-anchored proteins from the ER to the Golgi. We identified a responsible gene, designated PGAP5 (post-GPI-attachment to proteins 5). PGAP5 catalyzed the remodeling of the glycan moiety on GPI-APs. Our data demonstrate that GPI glycan acts as an ER-exit signal and suggest that glycan remodeling mediated by PGAP5 regulates GPI-AP transport in the early secretory pathway
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