Emerging structural insights into glycosyltransferase-mediated synthesis of glycans

KW Moremen, RS Haltiwanger - Nature chemical biology, 2019 - nature.com
Glycans linked to proteins and lipids play key roles in biology; thus, accurate replication of
cellular glycans is crucial for maintaining function following cell division. The fact that …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic glycoengineering in mammalian cells

Y Narimatsu, C Büll, YH Chen, HH Wandall… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Advances in nuclease-based gene-editing technologies have enabled precise, stable, and
systematic genetic engineering of glycosylation capacities in mammalian cells, opening up a …

Recent advancements in understanding mammalian O-mannosylation

MO Sheikh, SM Halmo, L Wells - Glycobiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The post-translational glycosylation of select proteins by O-linked mannose (O-mannose or
O-man) is a conserved modification from yeast to humans and has been shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Dystroglycanopathy: from elucidation of molecular and pathological mechanisms to development of treatment methods

M Kanagawa - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dystroglycanopathy is a collective term referring to muscular dystrophies with abnormal
glycosylation of dystroglycan. At least 18 causative genes of dystroglycanopathy have been …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and mechanism of cancer-associated N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V

M Nagae, Y Kizuka, E Mihara, Y Kitago… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V (GnT-V) alters the structure of specific N-
glycans by modifying α1-6-linked mannose with a β1-6-linked N-acetylglucosamine branch …

[HTML][HTML] 3D Structure and Function of Glycosyltransferases Involved in N-glycan Maturation

M Nagae, Y Yamaguchi, N Taniguchi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glycosylation is the most ubiquitous post-translational modification in eukaryotes. N-glycan
is attached to nascent glycoproteins and is processed and matured by various glycosidases …

Carbohydrate-binding specificity of human galectins: an overview by frontal affinity chromatography

J Iwaki, J Hirabayashi - Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
To understand the biological functions of lectins, it is important to investigate their sugar-
binding specificity. Although galectins are characterized as β-galactoside-binding proteins …

CEMIP (HYBID, KIAA1199): structure, function and expression in health and disease

S Spataro, C Guerra, A Cavalli, J Sgrignani… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CEMIP (cell migration‐inducing protein), also known as KIAA1199 or HYBID, is a protein
involved in the depolymerisation of hyaluronic acid (HA), a major glycosaminoglycan …

[HTML][HTML] A structural discovery journey of streptococcal phages adhesion devices by AlphaFold2

A Goulet, R Joos, K Lavelle, D Van Sinderen… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Successful bacteriophage infection starts with specific recognition and adhesion to the host
cell surface. Adhesion devices of siphophages infecting Gram-positive bacteria are very …

Glycosylation with ribitol-phosphate in mammals: New insights into the O-mannosyl glycan

H Manya, T Endo - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2017 - Elsevier
Background O-mannosyl glycans have been found in a limited number of glycoproteins of
the brain, nerves, and skeletal muscles, particularly in α-dystroglycan (α-DG). Defects in O …