Caenorhabditis elegans galectins LEC-6 and LEC-1 recognize a chemically synthesized Galbeta1-4Fuc disaccharide unit which is present in Protostomia glycoconjugates.

abstract：:Affinities of the human blood group glycosyltransferases, alpha-(1-->3)-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GTA) and alpha-(1-->3)-galactosyltransferase (GTB) for their common acceptor substrate alpha-l-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-d-Galp-O(CH2)(7)CH3 (1), in the absence and presence of bound uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP) and Mn2+...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Shoemaker GK,Soya N,Palcic MM,Klassen JS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificities of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) modification enzymes, particularly sulfotransferases, and the locations and concentrations of these enzymes in the Golgi apparatus give rise to the mature GAG polysaccharides that bind protein ligands. We studied the substrate specificities of sulfotransferases with a stabl...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Shi X,Shao C,Mao Y,Huang Y,Wu ZL,Zaia J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfates (HSs) exert critical regulatory actions on many proteins, including growth factors, and are essential for normal development. Variations in their specific sulfation patterns are known to regulate binding and signaling of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) via tyrosine kinase receptors (FGFRs). We previo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ford-Perriss M,Guimond SE,Greferath U,Kita M,Grobe K,Habuchi H,Kimata K,Esko JD,Murphy M,Turnbull JE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificity of an alpha2,3-sialyltransferase (v-ST3Gal I) obtained from myxoma virus infected RK13 cells has been determined. Like mammalian sialyltransferase enzymes, the viral enzyme contains the characteristic L- and S-sialyl motif sequences in its catalytic domain. Analysis of the deduced amino acid ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Sujino K,Jackson RJ,Chan NW,Tsuji S,Palcic MM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid has long been considered to be the sole receptor for influenza virus. The viral hemagglutinin (HA) is known to bind cell surface sialic acid, and sialic acids on viral glyco-proteins are cleaved by the viral neuraminidase (NA) to promote efficient release of progeny virus particles. However, NWS-Mvi, a mut...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Stray SJ,Cummings RD,Air GM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein glycosylation systems from varying species have been functionally reconstituted in Escherichia coli. Both N- and O-linked glycosylation pathways, in which the glycans are first assembled onto lipid carriers and subsequently transferred to acceptor proteins by an oligosaccharyltransferase (OTase), hav...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gebhart C,Ielmini MV,Reiz B,Price NL,Aas FE,Koomey M,Feldman MF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the turn of the century, cancer therapy has undergone a transformation in terms of new treatment modalities and renewed optimism in achieving long-lived tumor control and even cure. This is, in large part, thanks to the widespread incorporation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) into standard treatment regimens. Th...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Dalziel M,Beers SA,Cragg MS,Crispin M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asparagine N-linked glycosylation is one of the most important forms of protein post-translational modification in eukaryotes and is one of the first metabolic pathways described at a biochemical level. Here, we report a new annotation of this pathway for the Human species, published after passing a peer-review proces...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Dall'Olio GM,Jassal B,Montanucci L,Gagneux P,Bertranpetit J,Laayouni H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Glycanase 1, encoded by NGLY1, catalyzes the deglycosylation of misfolded N-linked glycoproteins retrotranslocated into the cytosol. We identified nine cases with mutations in NGLY1. The patients show developmental delay, seizures, peripheral neuropathy, abnormal liver function and alacrima (absence of tears). The m...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： He P,Grotzke JE,Ng BG,Gunel M,Jafar-Nejad H,Cresswell P,Enns GM,Freeze HH

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Glycopeptides representing individual N-glycosylation sites of the heterodimeric glycoprotein hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) were obtained from subunits hCG alpha (N-glycosylated at Asn-52 and Asn-78) and hCG beta (N-glycosylated at Asn-13 and Asn-30) by digestion with trypsin and chymotrypsin, respective...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Weisshaar G,Hiyama J,Renwick AG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycomics-an integrated approach to study structure-function relationships of complex carbohydrates (or glycans)-is an emerging field in this age of post-genomics. Realizing the importance of glycomics, many large scale research initiatives have been established to generate novel resources and technologies to advance ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Raman R,Venkataraman M,Ramakrishnan S,Lang W,Raguram S,Sasisekharan R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:trans-sialidase is a unique sialidase in that, instead of hydrolizing sialic acid, it preferentially transfers the monosaccharide to a terminal beta-galactose in glycoproteins and glycolipids. This enzyme, originally identified in Trypanosoma cruzi, belongs to a large family of proteins. Some members of the family lac...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Cremona ML,Campetella O,Sánchez DO,Frasch AC

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides (sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids) play important roles in many physiological functions, including synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, which is considered as a cellular mechanism of learning and memory. In the present study, three types of synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation (LTP), lo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ikarashi K,Fujiwara H,Yamazaki Y,Goto J,Kaneko K,Kato H,Fujii S,Sasaki H,Fukumoto S,Furukawa K,Waki H,Furukawa K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophy is central to several heart diseases; however, not much is known about the role of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in this phenotype. Since GSLs have been accorded several physiological functions, we sought to determine whether these compounds affect cardiac hypertrophy. By using a rat cardiomyoblast cell line, ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Mishra S,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Chitin oligosaccharides (COs) play a role in plant development and are presumed to affect body plan formation during vertebrate embryogenesis. The mechanisms of COs recognition and cellular processes underlying embryonic development are still not understood. We analyze the possible link with the mitogen-activated prot...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Snaar-Jagalska BE,Krens SF,Robina I,Wang LX,Spaink HP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis and functions of human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are not well known. A typical housekeeping enzyme, beta1,4-galactosyltransferase, links galactose to glucose to form lactose which is then used as backbone for the assembly of HMO. We investigated whether milk lactose and HMO may be labeled in vivo by an ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Rudloff S,Obermeier S,Borsch C,Pohlentz G,Hartmann R,Brösicke H,Lentze MJ,Kunz C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs that encode the 70 kDa C-terminal portion of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1), with or without an N-terminal signal peptide sequence and C-terminal glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) signal sequence of MSP-1, were expressed in mammalian cell lines via recombinant vaccinia virus. The ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Yang S,Nikodem D,Davidson EA,Gowda DC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transplantation of organs from lower animals such as pigs into humans is prevented by a severe rejection reaction initiated by complement fixing xenoreactive natural antibodies. Most anti-pig xenoreactive natural antibodies in humans are thought to recognize Gal alpha 1-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc and are also thought to ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Parker W,Lateef J,Everett ML,Platt JL

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Type A Pasteurella multocida, an animal pathogen, employs a hyaluronan [HA] capsule to avoid host defenses. PmHAS, the 972-residue membrane-associated hyaluronan synthase, catalyzes the transfer of both GlcNAc and GlcUA to form the HA polymer. To define the catalytic and membrane-associated domains, pmHAS mutants were...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jing W,DeAngelis PL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell (DC) migration to secondary lymphoid organs is a critical step to properly exert its role in immunity and predominantly depends on the interaction of the chemokine receptor CCR7 with its ligands CCL21 and CCL19. Polysialic acid (PSA) has been recently reported to control CCL21-directed migration of matu...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Rey-Gallardo A,Escribano C,Delgado-Martín C,Rodriguez-Fernández JL,Gerardy-Schahn R,Rutishauser U,Corbi AL,Vega MA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen, produces a glycan capsule to evade the immune system during infection. This definitive virulence factor is composed mainly of complex polysaccharides, which are made in the secretory pathway by reactions that utilize activated nucleotide sugar precursors. Alth...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Li LX,Ashikov A,Liu H,Griffith CL,Bakker H,Doering TL

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:We have previously shown that varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of diploid human fibroblasts (HEL) results in neo-expression of Lewis antigens sialyl Lewis x (sLe(x)) and Lewis y (Le(y)), respectively, after transcriptional activation of different combinations of dormant human fucosyltra...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Nyström K,Nordén R,Muylaert I,Elias P,Larson G,Olofsson S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioides spp. are important pneumonia-causing pathogens of the American southwest, but little is known about their glycobiology and how their glycosylations differ from other pneumonia-causing fungi. There is mounting preliminary evidence to suggest genus or even species-specific glycosylations in the fungal kingd...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Mitchell NM,Grys TE,Lake DF

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid-A represents the ubiquitous, covalently bound hydrophobic component of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (endotoxins). Lipid-As isolated and characterized from rhizobial species have large variations in their backbone sugars, as well as in their hydroxy fatty acid substituents. The sugar backbones consist of either ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bhat UR,Carlson RW

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:The detailed structures of N- glycans derived from bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL) found in human milk were determined by combining exoglycosidase digestion with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The N- glycan structures were conclusively determined in terms of complexity...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Mechref Y,Chen P,Novotny MV

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00