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Review
. 2022 May;44(5):e2100270.
doi: 10.1002/bies.202100270. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

FKRP directed fibronectin glycosylation: A novel mechanism giving insights into muscular dystrophies?

Andrew Boyd  1 , Margo Montandon  1 , Alasdair J Wood  1 , Peter D Currie  1   2
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Review

FKRP directed fibronectin glycosylation: A novel mechanism giving insights into muscular dystrophies?

Andrew Boyd et al. Bioessays. 2022 May.

Abstract

The recently uncovered role of Fukutin-related protein (FKRP) in fibronectin glycosylation has challenged our understanding of the basis of disease pathogenesis in the muscular dystrophies. FKRP is a Golgi-resident glycosyltransferase implicated in a broad spectrum of muscular dystrophy (MD) pathologies that are not fully attributable to the well-described α-Dystroglycan hypoglycosylation. By revealing a new role for FKRP in the glycosylation of fibronectin, a modification critical for the development of the muscle basement membrane (MBM) and its associated muscle linkages, new possibilities for understanding clinical phenotype arise. This modification involves an interaction between FKRP and myosin-10, a protein involved in the Golgi organization and function. These observations suggest a FKRP nexus exists that controls two critical aspects to muscle fibre integrity, both fibre stability at the MBM and its elastic properties. This review explores the new potential disease axis in the context of our current knowledge of muscular dystrophies.

Keywords: FKRP; Golgi; Myosin-10; Trans-Golgi Network; collagen; congenital muscular dystrophies; elasticity; extracellular matrix; fibronectin; muscle basement membrane.

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