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SUBMITTER: Pandruvada SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4719428 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pandruvada Subramanya N M SN Beauregard Janie J Benjannet Suzanne S Pata Monica M Lazure Claude C Seidah Nabil G NG Vacher Jean J
Molecular and cellular biology 20151123 3
In humans and in mice, mutations in the Ostm1 gene cause the most severe form of osteopetrosis, a major bone disease, and neuronal degeneration, both of which are associated with early death. To gain insight into Ostm1 function, we first investigated by sequence and biochemical analysis an immature 34-kDa type I transmembrane Ostm1 protein with a unique cytosolic tail. Mature Ostm1 is posttranslationally processed and highly N-glycosylated and has an apparent mass of ∼60 kDa. Analysis the subcel ...[more]