Immunoglobulin G specifically binding plant N-glycans with high affinity could be generated in rabbits but not in mice.

abstract：:In addition to sialic acid, bacteria produce several other nonulosonic acids, including legionaminic acid (Leg). This has exactly the same stereochemistry as sialic acid, with the added features of 9-deoxy and 7-amino groups. In order to explore the biological effects of replacing sialic acid residues (Neu5Ac) in glyc...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Watson DC,Leclerc S,Wakarchuk WW,Young NM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catabolism of dermatan sulfate (DS) commences with endohydrolysis of the polysaccharide to oligosaccharides by proposed endo-beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase and endohexuronidase activities. To investigate the substrate specificities of these activities, we developed an assay to measure specific products of their actio...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Nielsen TC,Meikle PJ,Hopwood JJ,Fuller M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivalency in lectins is a phenomenon that has been discussed at considerable length. The structural basis for the role of multivalency in garlic lectin has been investigated here through computational studies. Biochemical studies have shown that the binding affinity of garlic lectin for high mannose oligosaccharide...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ramachandraiah G,Chandra NR,Surolia A,Vijayan M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide is a pivotal molecule in signal transduction and an essential structural component of the epidermal permeability barrier. The epidermis is marked by a high concentration of ceramide and by a unique spectrum of ceramide species: Besides the two ceramide structures commonly found in mammalian tissue, N-acylsphi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Vielhaber G,Brade L,Lindner B,Pfeiffer S,Wepf R,Hintze U,Wittern KP,Brade H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large family of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide GalNAc transferases (ppGalNAc-Ts) initiates and defines sites of mucin-type Ser/Thr-O-GalNAc glycosylation. Family members have been classified into peptide- and glycopeptide-preferring subfamilies, although both families possess variable activities against glycopeptide substra...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Revoredo L,Wang S,Bennett EP,Clausen H,Moremen KW,Jarvis DL,Ten Hagen KG,Tabak LA,Gerken TA

更新日期：2016-04-01 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 sialic acid-specific cytotoxic lectin viscumin and its recombinant equivalent rViscumin specifically bind to CD75s-gangliosides with terminal Neu5Acα6Galβ4GlcNAc sequence. We, therefore, comparatively analyzed the content of CD75s-gangliosides and closely related iso-CD75s-gangliosides (terminated by Neu5Acα3Galβ4...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Souady J,Hülsewig M,Distler U,Haier J,Denz A,Pilarsky C,Senninger N,Dreisewerd K,Peter-Katalinic J,Müthing J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic basis for the biosynthetic assembly of the globotetraose containing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae strain RM118 (Rd) was determined by structural analysis of LPS derived from mutant strains. We have previously shown that the parent strain RM118 elaborates a population of LPS molecules mad...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hood DW,Cox AD,Wakarchuk WW,Schur M,Schweda EK,Walsh SL,Deadman ME,Martin A,Moxon ER,Richards JC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study human alpha1,3/1,4fucosyltransferase (Fuc-TIII) as an alpha1,3 fucosyltransferase, we constructed two cell clones, C127-FT and C127-T-FT, by transfecting cDNA in parental (C127) or Polyoma T antigen expressing (C127-T) mouse cells, respectively. Both C127-FT and C127-T-FT clones express high levels of a fucos...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Valli M,Bardoni A,Trinchera M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus macedonicus is a Gram positive lactic acid bacterium that is part of the starter flora present in Greek sheep and goat cheeses. The S. macedonicus Sc136 strain produces a high-molecular-mass, highly texturizing exopolysaccharide composed of D-glucose, D-galactose, and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in the molar ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Vincent SJ,Faber EJ,Neeser JR,Stingele F,Kamerling JP

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human hyaluronidase Hyal-1, one of six human hyaluronidase subtypes, preferentially degrades hyaluronic acid present in the extracellular matrix of somatic tissues. Modulations of Hyal-1 expression have been observed in a number of malignant tumors. However, its role in disease progression is discussed controversi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hofinger ES,Spickenreither M,Oschmann J,Bernhardt G,Rudolph R,Buschauer A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deletion of the protein mannosyltransferase 1 gene (PMT1) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in viable cells. O-Mannosylation of proteins is reduced to about half of the value in comparison to wild-type cells. In order to distinguish between the the PMT1 gene product (= Pmt1p) and residual transferase activity, a...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gentzsch M,Strahl-Bolsinger S,Tanner W

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new in vitro assay for oligosaccharyltransferase (OST), which catalyzes the transfer of preassembled oligosaccharides on lipid carriers onto asparagine residues in polypeptide chains. The asparagine residues reside in the sequon, Asn-X-Thr/Ser, where X can be any amino acid residue except Pro. We demons...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kohda D,Yamada M,Igura M,Kamishikiryo J,Maenaka K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intelectin is an extracellular animal lectin found in chordata. Although human and mouse intelectin-1 recognize galactofuranosyl residues included in cell walls of various microorganisms, the physiological function of mammalian intelectin had been unclear. In this study, we found that human intelectin-1 was a serum pr...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Tsuji S,Yamashita M,Hoffman DR,Nishiyama A,Shinohara T,Ohtsu T,Shibata Y

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently almost no information is available on the oligosaccharide structure of the glycoproteins secreted from the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha, a promising host for the production of recombinant proteins. In this study, we analyze the size distribution and structure of N-linked oligosaccharides attache...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kim MW,Rhee SK,Kim JY,Shimma Y,Chiba Y,Jigami Y,Kang HA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy which can cause acute quadriplegia. Infection with micro-organisms, including Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni), Haemophilus influenzae, and Cytomegalovirus (CMV), is recognized as a main triggering event for the disease. Lipooligosacchari...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kaida K,Ariga T,Yu RK

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acids cap the glycans of cell surface glycoproteins and glycolipids. They are involved in a multitude of biological processes and aberrant sialic acid expression is associated with several pathologies. Sialic acids modulate the characteristics and functions of glycoproteins and regulate cell-cell as well as cel...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Moons SJ,Adema GJ,Derks MT,Boltje TJ,Büll C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies glycoprotein (RGP(WT)) contains N-glycosylation sequons at Asn(37), Asn(247), and Asn(319), although Asn(37) is not efficiently glycosylated. To examine N-glycan processing at Asn(247) and Asn(319), full-length glycosylation mutants, RGP(-2-) and RGP(--3), were expressed, and Endo H sensitivity was compared. Wh...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Wojczyk BS,Takahashi N,Levy MT,Andrews DW,Abrams WR,Wunner WH,Spitalnik SL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycobiology of Schistosoma mansoni is dominated by developmentally regulated expression of various fucosylated structures, most notably the Lewis X epitope and a multifucosylated sequence, Fuc alpha1-->2Fuc alpha1-->, in its various forms. For the infective cercarial stage, Lewis X has been structurally identifie...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Huang HH,Tsai PL,Khoo KH

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tarin, the Colocasia esculenta lectin from the superfamily of α-d-mannose-specific plant bulb lectins, is a tetramer of 47 kDa composed of two heterodimers. Each heterodimer possesses homologous monomers of ~11.9 (A chain) and ~12.7 (B chain) kDa. The structures of apo and carbohydrate-bound tarin were solved to 1.7 Å...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Pereira PR,Meagher JL,Winter HC,Goldstein IJ,Paschoalin VM,Silva JT,Stuckey JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are long, anionic polysaccharides involved in many basic aspects of mammalian physiology and pathology. Here we describe a method to extract GAGs from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues and found that they are structurally comparable with GAGs extracted from frozen tissues. We employed...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： van Wijk XM,Vallen MJ,van de Westerlo EM,Oosterhof A,Hao W,Versteeg EM,Raben J,Wismans RG,Smetsers TF,Dijkman HB,Schalkwijk J,van Kuppevelt TH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are a sub-family of lectins, defined by their highly conserved beta-sandwich structures and ability to bind to beta-galactosides, like Gal beta1-4 Glc (lactose). Here, we used (15)N-(1)H HSQC and pulse field gradient (PFG) NMR spectroscopy to demonstrate that galectin-1 (gal-1) binds to the relatively large ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Miller MC,Klyosov A,Mayo KH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoinositolphospholipids (GIPLs) were isolated from promastigotes of the lizard parasites Leishmania adleri by phenol/water extraction. Phosphoinositol oligosaccharides were liberated by mild alkaline hydrolysis, purified by gel filtration and high pH anion exchange chromatography, and characterized by methylation a...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Previato JO,Jones C,Wait R,Routier F,Saraiva E,Mendonça-Previato L

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mac-2 is a member of the S-(soluble) lectin family. Its identification and isolation from a wide variety of cell types and tissues suggest a diversity of roles in various biological systems. The key points to be made are that Mac-2, and the S-lectins in general, by virtue of their recognition of a variety of carbohydr...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hughes RC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and sepsis. A key feature in pathogenicity is the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) that prevents complement activation and thus supports bacterial survival in the host. Twelve serogroups characterized by immunologically and structurally different CPSs...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Fiebig T,Berti F,Freiberger F,Pinto V,Claus H,Romano MR,Proietti D,Brogioni B,Stummeyer K,Berger M,Vogel U,Costantino P,Gerardy-Schahn R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins with an affinity for beta-galactosides. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is differentially expressed by various normal and pathological tissues and appears to be functionally polyvalent, with a wide range of biological activity. The intracellular and extracellular activity of ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Camby I,Le Mercier M,Lefranc F,Kiss R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endolysins are bacteriophage enzymes that lyse their bacterial host for phage progeny release. They commonly contain an N-terminal catalytic domain that hydrolyzes bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) and a C-terminal cell wall-binding domain (CBD) that confers enzyme localization to the PG substrate. Two endolysins, phage ly...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ganguly J,Low LY,Kamal N,Saile E,Forsberg LS,Gutierrez-Sanchez G,Hoffmaster AR,Liddington R,Quinn CP,Carlson RW,Kannenberg EL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is a glucose metabolite with pivotal functions as a key substrate for the synthesis of glycoconjugates like hyaluronan, and as a metabolic sensor that controls cell functions through O-GlcNAc modification of intracellular proteins. However, little is known about the regulation of h...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Oikari S,Makkonen K,Deen AJ,Tyni I,Kärnä R,Tammi RH,Tammi MI

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated ammonium concentrations in the medium of cultivated cells have been shown to increase the intracellular levels of uridine-5'-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) and uridine-5'-diphospho-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc; Ryll et al., 1994). These sugar nucleotides are substrates for glycosyltransferase...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gawlitzek M,Papac DI,Sliwkowski MB,Ryll T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetylglucosaminlyltransferase-V (GnT-V) synthesizes GlcNAcbeta1,6Man branched N-glycans both in vitro and in vivo. A paralog, GnT-Vb (or GnT-IX), has also been shown to synthesize both GlcNAcbeta1,6Man branched N- and O-glycans. GnT-V is expressed in most human and rodent tissues while GnT-Vb expression is limited ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Alvarez-Manilla G,Troupe K,Fleming M,Martinez-Uribe E,Pierce M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00