Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

Modified N-linked glycosylation status predicts trafficking defective human Piezo1 channel mutations

  • Jinyuan Vero Li,
  • Chai-Ann Ng,
  • Delfine Cheng,
  • Zijing Zhou,
  • Mingxi Yao,
  • Yang Guo,
  • Ze-Yan Yu,
  • Yogambha Ramaswamy,
  • Lining Arnold Ju,
  • Philip W. Kuchel,
  • Michael P. Feneley,
  • Diane Fatkin,
  • Charles D. Cox

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02528-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Li et al. investigates the role of N-linked glycosylation for the function of mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1. They show that disease-linked loss of function mutations in Piezo1 that are trafficking defective lack N-linked glycosylation.