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Citation	Rendic, D., Sharrow, M., Katoh, T., Overcarsh, B., Nguyen, K., Kapurch, J., Aoki, K., Wilson, I.B., Tiemeyer, M. (2010). Neural-specific {alpha}3-fucosylation of N-linked glycans in the Drosophila embryo requires Fucosyltransferase A and influences developmental signaling associated with O-glycosylation. Glycobiology 20(11): 1353--1365. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0212026
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	20688784
PubMed Abstract	Addition of fucose (Fuc) to glycoprotein N-linked glycans or in O-linkage directly to Ser/Thr residues modulates specific cell-cell interactions and cell signaling events. Vertebrates and invertebrates add Fuc in α6-linkage to the reducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine residue of N-glycans. In Drosophila and other invertebrates, Fuc can also be added in α3-linkage to the same residue. These difucosylated N-glycans are recognized by anti-horseradish peroxidase (anti-HRP) antisera, providing a well-established marker for insect neural tissue. To understand the mechanisms and consequences of tissue-specific glycan expression, we identified a single α3-fucosyltransferase (FucTA) that produces the anti-HRP epitope in Drosophila embryos. FucTA transcripts are temporally and spatially restricted to cells that express the anti-HRP epitope and are missing in a mutant that lacks neural α3-fucosylation. Transgenic expression of FucTA, but not of any other candidate α3-fucosyltransferase, rescues the anti-HRP epitope in the embryonic nervous system of this mutant. Mass spectrometric characterization of the N-glycans of Drosophila embryos overexpressing FucTA confirms that this enzyme is indeed responsible for the biosynthesis of difucosylated glycans in vivo. Whereas ectopic expression of FucTA in the larval wing disc produces mild wing notching, the heterochronic, pan-neural expression of FucTA in early differentiating neurons generates neurogenic and cell migration phenotypes; this latter effect is associated with reduced GDP-Fuc levels in the embryo and indicates that the diversion of fucosylation resources towards fucosylation of N-glycans has an impact on developmental signaling associated with O-fucosylation.
DOI	10.1093/glycob/cwq119
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Glycobiology
Title	Glycobiology
Publication Year	1990-
ISBN/ISSN	0959-6658
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Aberrations (1)
	In(3LR)TM3
Alleles (8)
	FucTA^Scer\UAS.cRa FucTA^UFA5 FucTB^Scer\UAS.cRa FucTC^Scer\UAS.cRa FucTD^Scer\UAS.cRa Scer\GAL4^elav.PU Scer\GAL4^en-e16E w^+mC
Balancers (1)
	TM3-DZ
Constructs (5)
	P{elav-GAL4.U} P{UAS-FucTA.R} P{UAS-FucTB.R} P{UAS-FucTC.R} P{UAS-FucTD.R}
Genes (9)
	elav FucTA FucTB FucTC FucTD repo Scer\GAL4 w wg
Insertions (2)
	P{en2.4-GAL4}e16E P{UAS-FucTA.R}UFA5
Natural transposons (1)
	P-element