Nature Communications (May 2016)

ISPD produces CDP-ribitol used by FKTN and FKRP to transfer ribitol phosphate onto α-dystroglycan

  • Isabelle Gerin,
  • Benoît Ury,
  • Isabelle Breloy,
  • Céline Bouchet-Seraphin,
  • Jennifer Bolsée,
  • Mathias Halbout,
  • Julie Graff,
  • Didier Vertommen,
  • Giulio G. Muccioli,
  • Nathalie Seta,
  • Jean-Marie Cuisset,
  • Ivana Dabaj,
  • Susana Quijano-Roy,
  • Ammi Grahn,
  • Emile Van Schaftingen,
  • Guido T. Bommer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mutations in genes required for the glycosylation of α-dystroglycan lead to dystroglycanopathies. Here, the authors show that three of these enzymes (ISPD, FKTN and FKRP) work together to attach ribitol phosphate to α-dystroglycan.