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Table 1 Recessive forms of LGMD, listed by the new 2018 classification system [13], with old subtype nomenclature in parentheses

From: The ties that bind: functional clusters in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Subtype

Gene

Protein

Cellular localization

Protein function

LGMD R1 (LGMD2A)

CAPN3 [14]

Calpain 3

Myofibril [15]

Cysteine protease

LGMD R2 (LGMD2B)

DYSF [16, 17]

Dysferlin

Sarcolemma

Membrane resealing [18, 19]

LGMD R3 (LGMD2D)

SGCA [20]

α-Sarcoglycan

Sarcolemma

Mechanosensor

LGMD R4 (LGMD2E)

SGCB [21, 22]

β-Sarcoglycan

Sarcolemma

Mechanosensor

LGMD R5 (LGMD2C)

SGCG [23]

γ-Sarcoglycan

Sarcolemma

Mechanosensor

LGMD R6 (LGMD2F)

SGCD [24]

δ-Sarcoglycan

Sarcolemma

Mechanosensor

LGMD R7 (LGMD2G)

TCAP [25]

Telethonin

Sarcomere

Sarcomere assembly and maintenance [26]

LGMD R8 (LGMD2H)

TRIM32 [27]

TRIM32

Myofibril [28]

E3-ubiquitin-ligase

LGMD R9 (LGMD2I)

FKRP [29]

Fukutin-related protein

Golgi apparatus

Glycosylation

LGMD R10 (LGMD2J)

TTN [30]

Titin

Sarcomere [31]

Various

LGMD R11 (LGMD2K)

POMT1 [32]

Protein O-mannosyltransferase 1

Endoplasmic reticulum

Glycosylation

LGMD R12 (LGMD2L)

ANO5 [33]

Anoctamin5

Sarcolemma

Membrane resealing

LGMD R13 (LGMD2M)

FKTN [34, 35]

Fukutin

Golgi apparatus

Glycosylation

LGMD R14 (LGMD2N)

POMT2 [36]

Protein O-mannosyltransferase 2

Endoplasmic reticulum

Glycosylation

LGMD R15 (LGMD2O)

POMGnT1 [37, 38]

Protein O-linked mannose N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1

Golgi apparatus

Glycosylation

LGMD R16 (LGMD2P)

DAG1 [39]

Dystroglycan 1

Extracellular matrix

Stabilize sarcomeric cytoskeleton [40]

LGMD R17 (LGMD2Q)

PLEC [41]

Plectin

Cytosol

Stabilize intermediate filaments [42,43,44]

LGMD R18 (LGMD2S)

TRAPPC11 [45]

Trafficking protein particle complex 11

Golgi apparatus

Intracellular vesicle trafficking

LGMD R19 (LGMD2T)

GMPPB [46]

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase B

Cytosol

Glycosylation

LGMD R20 (LGMD2U)

ISPD/CRPPA [47]

CDL-L-ribitol pyrophosphorylase A

Cytosol

Glycosylation

LGMD R21 (LGMD2Z)

POGLUT1 [48]

Protein O-glucosyltransferase 1

Endoplasmic reticulum

Notch signaling

LGMD R22 (none)

COL6A1

COL6A2

COL6A3

Collagen 6α1

Collagen 6α2

Collagen 6α3

Extracellular matrix

Regulation of satellite cell self-renewal and muscle regeneration [49]

LGMD R23 (none)

LAMA2

Laminin α2

Extracellular matrix

Regulation of autophagy-lysosome pathway [50, 51]

LGMD R24 (none)

POMGNT2

Protein O-linked mannose N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2

Endoplasmic reticulum

Glycosylation

LGMD R25 (LGMD2X)

BVES [52]

Blood vessel epicardial substance

Sarcolemma

Membrane trafficking [52]

LGMD R, number pending

PYROXD1 [53, 54]

Pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase domain-containing protein 1

Nucleus

Pyridine nucleotide-disulfide reductase [55]

  1. Many of the protein functions listed require further confirmation or are disputed