LYAG

LYAG is lysosomal alpha-glucosidase, which is essential for the degradation of glycogen to glucose in lysosomes. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate multiple intermediate forms and the mature form of the enzyme. Defects in this gene are the cause of glycogen storage disease II, also known as Pompe's disease, which is an autosomal recessive disorder with a broad clinical spectrum.

Full Name

glucosidase alpha, acid

Function

Essential for the degradation of glycogen in lysosomes (PubMed:1856189, PubMed:7717400, PubMed:14695532, PubMed:18429042).
Has highest activity on alpha-1,4-linked glycosidic linkages, but can also hydrolyze alpha-1,6-linked glucans (PubMed:29061980).

Biological Process

Cardiac muscle contractionManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIMP:BHF-UCL
Diaphragm contractionManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIMP:BHF-UCL
Glucose metabolic process1 PublicationIC:BHF-UCL
Glycogen catabolic processManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIDA:UniProtKB
Heart morphogenesisIEA:Ensembl
Locomotory behaviorIEA:Ensembl
Lysosome organizationManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIMP:BHF-UCL
Maltose metabolic process1 PublicationIC:BHF-UCL
Muscle cell cellular homeostasisIEA:Ensembl
Neuromuscular process controlling balanceIEA:Ensembl
Neuromuscular process controlling postureIEA:Ensembl
Regulation of the force of heart contractionIEA:Ensembl
Sucrose metabolic process1 PublicationIC:BHF-UCL
Tissue developmentIEA:Ensembl
Vacuolar sequesteringManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIMP:BHF-UCL

Cellular Location

Lysosome
Lysosome membrane

Involvement in disease

Glycogen storage disease 2 (GSD2):
A metabolic disorder with a broad clinical spectrum. The severe infantile form, or Pompe disease, presents at birth with massive accumulation of glycogen in muscle, heart and liver. Cardiomyopathy and muscular hypotonia are the cardinal features of this form whose life expectancy is less than two years. The juvenile and adult forms present as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy beginning in the lower limbs. Final outcome depends on respiratory muscle failure. Patients with the adult form can be free of clinical symptoms for most of their life but finally develop a slowly progressive myopathy.

PTM

The different forms of acid glucosidase are obtained by proteolytic processing.
Phosphorylation of mannose residues ensures efficient transport of the enzyme to the lysosomes via the mannose 6-phosphate receptor.