Golgi fucosyltransferase 1 reveals its important role in α-1,4-fucose modification of N-glycan in CRISPR/Cas9 diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Xihui Xie, Jianchao Yang, Hong Du*, Jichen Chen, Edmond Sanganyado, Yangmin Gong, Hua Du, Weizhou Chen, Zhengyi Liu, Xiaojuan Liu

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Abstract

Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Pt) is a critical microbial cell factory to produce a wide spectrum of marketable products including recombinant biopharmaceutical N-glycoproteins. N-glycosylation modification of proteins is important for their activity, stability, and half-life, especially some special modifications, such as fucose-modification by fucosyltransferase (FucT). Three PtFucTs were annotated in the genome of P. tricornutum, PtFucT1 was located on the medial/trans-Golgi apparatus and PtFucT2-3 in the plastid stroma. Algal growth, biomass and photosynthesis efficiency were significantly inhibited in a knockout mutant of PtFucT1 (PtFucT1-KO). PtFucT1 played a role in non-core fucose modification of N-glycans. The knockout of PtFucT1 might affect the activity of PtGnTI in the complex and change the complex N-glycan to mannose type N-glycan. The study provided critical information for understanding the mechanism of protein N-glycosylation modification and using microalgae as an alternative ecofriendly cell factory to produce biopharmaceuticals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6
Number of pages18
JournalMicrobial Cell Factories
Volume22
Issue number1
Early online date7 Jan 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fucosyltransferase
  • Glycoprotein
  • Microbial cell factory
  • N-glycan
  • Phaeodactylum tricornutum

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