Enzymically inactive members of the trans-sialidase family from Trypanosoma cruzi display beta-galactose binding activity.

abstract：:beta1-6 GlcNAc branching, a product of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V), is a key structure that is associated with malignant transformations and cancer metastasis. Although a number of reports concerning tumor metastasis-related glycoproteins that contain beta1-6 GlcNAc branching have appeared, the precise f...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ihara S,Miyoshi E,Nakahara S,Sakiyama H,Ihara H,Akinaga A,Honke K,Dickson RB,Lin CY,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate (HS) is a sulfated polysaccharide that plays a key role in morphogenesis, physiology and pathogenesis. The biosynthesis of HS takes place in the Golgi apparatus by a group of enzymes that polymerize, epimerize and sulfate the sugar chain. This biosynthetic process introduces varying degrees of sulfate ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gesteira TF,Coulson-Thomas VJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera raised against galectin-1 exhibit crossreactivities with other galectins or related molecules. In order to overcome this problem, a monoclonal antibody to human brain galectin-1 was obtained by selecting clones without reactivity toward galectin-3. This mAb specifically bound galectin-1 of various animal orig...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Cornillot JD,Pontet M,Dupuy C,Chadli A,Caron M,Joubert-Caron R,Bourin P,Bladier D

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human breast milk is an incredibly rich and complex biofluid composed of proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates, including a diverse repertoire of free human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Strikingly, HMOs are not digested by the infant but function as prebiotics for bacterial strains associated with numerous benef...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Porfirio S,Archer-Hartmann S,Moreau GB,Ramakrishnan G,Haque R,Kirkpatrick BD,Petri WA,Azadi P

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the importance of the aspartate-any residue-aspartate (DXD) motif for the enzymatic activity and nucleotide binding capacity of the Golgi glycosyltransferase GM2 synthase. We prepared point mutations of the motif, which is found in the sequence 352-VLWVDDDFV, and analyzed cells that stably expressed the muta...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Li J,Rancour DM,Allende ML,Worth CA,Darling DS,Gilbert JB,Menon AK,Young WW Jr

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum malectin is a highly conserved protein in the animal kingdom that has no counterpart so far in lower organisms. We recently determined the structure of its conserved domain and found a highly selective binding to Glc(2)Man(9)GlcNAc(2), an intermediate of N-glycosylation. In our quest for puta...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Schallus T,Fehér K,Sternberg U,Rybin V,Muhle-Goll C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the O-antigen polysaccharide (PS) of Escherichia coli O115 has been investigated using a combination of component analysis and 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy experiments. The repeating unit of the O-antigen was elucidated using the O-deacetylated PS and has the following branc...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Fontana C,Ramström K,Weintraub A,Widmalm G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, Y, W135 and X are responsible for most cases of meningococcal meningitis. Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X has recently emerged as a contributor to outbreaks of disease in Africa, but there is currently no vaccine against serogroup X. Understanding of the biosynthesis of th...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Muindi KM,McCarthy PC,Wang T,Vionnet J,Battistel M,Jankowska E,Vann WF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that secretory fluids such as tears, saliva and milk play an important role in protecting the human body from infection via a washing mechanism involving glycan-mediated adhesion of potential pathogens to secretory glycoproteins. Interaction of sweat with bacteria is well established as th...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Peterson RA,Gueniche A,Adam de Beaumais S,Breton L,Dalko-Csiba M,Packer NH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular integral protein of 36 kDa (VIP36) is an intracellular lectin recognizing high-mannose type glycans and is highly expressed in salivary glands, especially the parotid gland, which secretes alpha-amylase in large quantities. Here immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that VIP36 was primarily localized to sec...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hara-Kuge S,Seko A,Shimada O,Tosaka-Shimada H,Yamashita K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional regulation mechanisms involved in the up-regulation of Fas-induced GD3 synthase gene have not yet been elucidated. 5'-Rapid amplification of cDNA end (5'-RACE) using mRNA prepared from Fas-induced Jurkat T cells revealed the presence of multiple transcription start sites of human GD3 synthase gene,...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kang NY,Kang SK,Lee YC,Choi HJ,Lee YS,Cho SY,Kim YS,Ko JH,Kim CH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) catalyses the transfer of a fucose residue from a donor substrate, guanosine 5'-diphosphate-beta-L-fucose to the reducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) of the core structure of an asparagine-linked oligosaccharide. Alpha1,6-fucosylation, also referred to as core fuc...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ihara H,Ikeda Y,Toma S,Wang X,Suzuki T,Gu J,Miyoshi E,Tsukihara T,Honke K,Matsumoto A,Nakagawa A,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Neu1 locus, in the S region of the murine histocompatibility-2 complex, regulates the sialic acid content of several liver lysosomal enzymes. Three alleles, Neu1a, Neu1b, and Neu1c, have been described on the basis of differential sialylation of the enzyme liver acid phosphatase. The Neu1a allele occurs in a small...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Carrillo MB,Milner CM,Ball ST,Snoek M,Campbell RD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common O-glycan core structure in animal glycoproteins is the core 1 disaccharide Galbeta1-3GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr, which is generated by the addition of Gal to GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr by core 1 UDP-alpha-galactose (UDP-Gal):GalNAcalpha1-Ser/Thr beta1,3-galactosyltransferase (core 1 beta3-Gal-T or T-synthase, EC2.4.1.1...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ju T,Zheng Q,Cummings RD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood dendritic cell antigen 2 (BDCA-2) is a C-type lectin found on the surface of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. It functions as a glycan-binding receptor that downregulates the production of type I interferons and thus plays a role in oligosaccharide-mediated immunomodulation. The carbohydrate recognition domain in B...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kim JW,Budzak J,Liu Y,Jégouzo SAF,Drickamer K,Taylor ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galbeta1-4GlcNAc is thought to be a common disaccharide unit preferentially recognized by vertebrate galectins. Eight-amino-acid residues conserved in proteins belonging to the galectin family have been suggested to be responsible for recognition. Meanwhile, we isolated and analyzed endogenous N-glycans of Caenorhabdi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Takeuchi T,Nishiyama K,Sugiura K,Takahashi M,Yamada A,Kobayashi S,Takahashi H,Natsugari H,Kasai K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lutrophin (LH) consists of an array of isoforms with different charges and bioactivities. This study was undertaken to clarify specifically how oligosaccharides of alpha and beta subunits contribute to LH isoform charges. Porcine LH (pLH) was separated into four isoforms by isoelectric focusing (IEF), followed by subu...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ujihara M,Yamamoto K,Nomura K,Toyoshima S,Demura H,Nakamura Y,Ohmura K,Osawa T

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphism studies in humans provide unique opportunities to understand human biology and the mechanisms of diseases. Correlations between polymorphisms in the genes encoding human Siglecs and various diseases have been reported. Leading examples, such as the CD33 polymorphism associated with late-onset Alzh...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Angata T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CMP-beta-N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-neuNAc) is the substrate for the sialylation of glycoconjugates by sialyltransferases in microbes and higher eukaryotes. CMP-neuNAc synthetase catalyzes the formation of this substrate, CMP-neuNAc, from CTP and neuNAc. In this report we describe the purification of CMP-neuNAc synt...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Vionnet J,Concepcion N,Warner T,Zapata G,Hanover J,Vann WF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of a terminal disialyl motif on mammalian O-glycans is increasingly being identified through recent mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycomic profiling. In most cases, it is carried on simple core 1 structures in which both the galactose and N-acetyl galactosamine can be disialylated. In contrast, a disialy...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Wang SH,Tsai CM,Lin KI,Khoo KH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many mannose-binding proteins inhibit divergent strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in in vitro models of viral infectivity, suggesting that targeting mannose residues in vaccine applications might offset the strain restriction typically observed in antibody responses to HIV vaccine preparations. Co...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Pashov A,MacLeod S,Saha R,Perry M,VanCott TC,Kieber-Emmons T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomal alpha-mannosidase is a broad specificity exoglycosidase involved in the ordered degradation of glycoproteins. The bovine enzyme is used as an important model for understanding the inborn lysosomal storage disorder alpha-mannosidosis. This enzyme of about 1,000 amino acids consists of five peptide chains, nam...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Faid V,Evjen G,Tollersrud OK,Michalski JC,Morelle W

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-associated glycan structures can be both tumor markers and engines of disease progression. The structure Siaα2,6Galβ1,4GlcNAc (Sia6LacNAc), synthesized by sialyltransferase ST6GAL1, is a cancer-associated glycan. Although ST6GAL1/Sia6LacNAc are often overexpressed in colorectal cancer (CRC), their biological an...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Venturi G,Gomes Ferreira I,Pucci M,Ferracin M,Malagolini N,Chiricolo M,Dall'Olio F

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: α-d-mannoside β-1-6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-V) catalyzes the transfer of GlcNAc from the UDP-GlcNAc donor to the α-1-6-linked mannose of the trimannosyl core structure of glycoproteins to produce the β-1-6-linked branching of N-linked oligosaccharides. β-1-6-GlcNAc-br...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Janoš P,Kozmon S,Tvaroška I,Koca J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We expressed recombinant Cys subdomains in COS-7 cells to examine the role of this highly conserved protein domain in mucin biosynthesis. The entire Cys1 and Cys5 and Cys1 and Cys3 subdomains in MUC5AC and MUC5B, respectively, each with six carboxyl terminal histidine residues, were pulse-labeled with [(35)S]cysteine/...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Perez-Vilar J,Randell SH,Boucher RC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporters (GATs) have long been recognized for their key role in the uptake of neurotransmitters. The GAT1 belongs to the family of Na(+)- and Cl(-)-coupled transport proteins, which possess 12 putative transmembrane (TM) domains and three N-glycosylation sites on the extracellular lo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hu J,Fei J,Reutter W,Fan H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoside hydrolases are particularly abundant in all areas of metabolism as they are involved in the degradation of natural polysaccharides and glycoconjugates. These enzymes are classified into 133 families (CAZy server, http://www.cazy.org) in which members of each family have a similar structure and catalytic mech...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： André-Miral C,Koné FM,Solleux C,Grandjean C,Dion M,Tran V,Tellier C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine sperm initiate fertilization by binding to the specialized extracellular matrix of their complementary eggs, known as the zona pellucida. On the basis of data reported in this study, mouse sperm also bind to rabbit erythrocytes with higher affinity than they do to murine eggs. This unusual interaction between a...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Sutton-Smith M,Wong NK,Khoo KH,Wu SW,Yu SY,Patankar MS,Easton R,Lattanzio FA,Morris HR,Dell A,Clark GF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Malian medicinal plant Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch (Oxalidaceae) is used as a treatment against various types of illnesses related to the immune system, such as joint pains, inflammations, fever, malaria, and wounds. A pectic polysaccharide obtained from a hot water extract of the aerial parts of B. petersianum...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Inngjerdingen M,Inngjerdingen KT,Patel TR,Allen S,Chen X,Rolstad B,Morris GA,Harding SE,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of an endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. A search of the C. elegans genome database revealed the existence of a gene exhibiting 34% identity to Mucor hiemalis (a fungus) endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (End...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kato T,Fujita K,Takeuchi M,Kobayashi K,Natsuka S,Ikura K,Kumagai H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00