Fueling the fire: emerging role of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway in cancer

NM Akella, L Ciraku, MJ Reginato - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Altered metabolism and deregulated cellular energetics are now considered a hallmark of
all cancers. Glucose, glutamine, fatty acids, and amino acids are the primary drivers of tumor …

Role of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine protein modification in cellular (patho)physiology

JC Chatham, J Zhang, AR Wende - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
In the mid-1980s, the identification of serine and threonine residues on nuclear and
cytoplasmic proteins modified by a N-acetylglucosamine moiety (O-GlcNAc) via an O …

Analytical and biochemical perspectives of protein O-GlcNAcylation

J Ma, C Wu, GW Hart - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification (O-GlcNAcylation) is a
unique monosaccharide modification discovered in the early 1980s. With the technological …

O-GlcNAcylation in health and neurodegenerative diseases

BE Lee, PG Suh, JI Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
O-GlcNAcylation is a posttranslational modification that adds O-linked β-N-
acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) to serine or threonine residues of many proteins. This protein …

Interplay between metabolism and epigenetics: a nuclear adaptation to environmental changes

JP Etchegaray, R Mostoslavsky - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
The physiological identity of every cell is maintained by highly specific transcriptional
networks that establish a coherent molecular program that is in tune with nutritional …

Post-translational modifications of intermediate filament proteins: mechanisms and functions

NT Snider, MB Omary - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are cytoskeletal and nucleoskeletal structures that provide
mechanical and stress-coping resilience to cells, contribute to subcellular and tissue-specific …

O-GlcNAcylation in cancer biology: linking metabolism and signaling

CM Ferrer, VL Sodi, MJ Reginato - Journal of molecular biology, 2016 - Elsevier
The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is highly dependent on multiple metabolic
nutrients including glucose, glutamine, and acetyl-CoA. Increased flux through HBP leads to …

O-GlcNAc transferase promotes influenza A virus–induced cytokine storm by targeting interferon regulatory factor–5

Q Wang, P Fang, R He, M Li, H Yu, L Zhou, Y Yi… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
In this study, we demonstrated an essential function of the hexosamine biosynthesis
pathway (HBP)–associated O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) signaling in …

Demystifying the O-GlcNAc code: a systems view

J Ma, C Hou, C Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modification with O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc), a process
referred to as O-GlcNAcylation, occurs on a vast variety of proteins. Mounting evidence in …

Mapping and quantification of over 2000 O-linked glycopeptides in activated human T cells with isotope-targeted glycoproteomics (Isotag)

CM Woo, PJ Lund, AC Huang, MM Davis… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2018 - ASBMB
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on proteins often function to regulate signaling
cascades, with the activation of T cells during an adaptive immune response being a classic …