Fall Research Expo 2024

Glycoproteomic Insights into GALNT2-CDG Pathology

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are a broad span of metabolic disorders. Glycosylation generally has two types, which are N-linked and O-linked. Disorders of O-linked glycosylation present clinically as autism, epilepsy, and facial dysmorphia. We study mouse models of GALNT2 neuronal knockout, which affects the first step of the O-GalNAc glycosylation type. Glycoproteomics data analysis allows us to narrow down to two candidate substrate proteins that are most significantly affected by the loss of the GalNAc transferase 2 enzyme–measured by glycan truncation, the substrate protein’s relationship with expected CDG symptoms, and the predicted contribution of other GalNAc-T family members to glycosylation at a specific site.

PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2026
Advised By
Andrew Edmondson
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Human Genetics)
PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2026
Advised By
Andrew Edmondson
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Human Genetics)

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