LARGE2 generates the same xylose- and glucuronic acid-containing glycan structures as LARGE.

LARGE (like-glycosyltransferase) and LARGE2 (glycosyltransferase-like 1B (GYLTL1B)) are homologous Golgi glycosyltransferases possessing two catalytic domains with homology to members of glycosyltransferase families GT8 and GT49. Mutations in human and mouse Large result in muscular dystrophy due to underglycosylation of dystroglycan. The systemic function of LARGE2 is unknown, but at a cellular level the enzyme can substitute for LARGE in glycosylating dystroglycan. Here, we show that LARGE2 catalyzes the same glycosylation reaction as LARGE. It is a bifunctional glycosyltransferase using uridine diphosphate (UDP)-xylose (Xyl) and UDP-glucuronic acid (GlcA) as donor sugars to produce a xyloglucuronan with alternating Xyl and GlcA residues.

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Angel Ashikov, Falk F R Buettner, Birgit Tiemann, Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Hans Bakker. LARGE2 generates the same xylose- and glucuronic acid-containing glycan structures as LARGE. Glycobiology. 2013 Mar;23(3):303-9

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