Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

Homodimerized cytoplasmic domain of PD-L1 regulates its complex glycosylation in living cells

  • Li Zhou,
  • Fangni Chai,
  • Yong He,
  • Zhihui Zhou,
  • Shupan Guo,
  • Pan Li,
  • Qi Sun,
  • Xueyin Zu,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Qin Huang,
  • Yanping Zhong,
  • Aolan Zhou,
  • Xueyun Wang,
  • Haiyan Ren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03845-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Membrane-anchored PD-L1 homodimerizes in cells. N-glycosylation of PD-L1 regulates its homodimerization. The formation of PD-L1 homodimers further regulates their glycan processing, localization to the plasma membrane, and binding to PD-1.