Evidence for an essential deglycosylation-independent activity of PNGase in Drosophila melanogaster.
BACKGROUND: Peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) is an enzyme which releases N-linked glycans from glycopeptides/glycoproteins.This enzyme plays a kuiper belt whiskey role in the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway in yeast and mice, but the biological importance of this activity remains unknown.PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study, we characterized the