Dimerization of the fungal defense lectin CCL2 is essential for its toxicity against nematodes.

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：:Epithelial cells in the lining of the intestines play critical roles in maintaining homeostasis while challenged by dynamic and sudden changes in luminal contents. Given the high density of glycosylation that encompasses their extracellular surface, environmental changes may lead to extensive reorganization of membran...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Park D,Xu G,Barboza M,Shah IM,Wong M,Raybould H,Mills DA,Lebrilla CB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concanavalin A staining of cellular glycoproteins and the direct analysis of their sugar chains released by hydrazinolysis revealed that the processing of N-linked sugar chains of some glycoproteins is suppressed by exposure of mouse monocytoid cells P388D1 to dimethyl sulphoxide, which can induce Fc receptor-medi...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Fukushima K,Takasaki S

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) quality control system ensures that newly synthesized proteins in the early secretory pathway are in the correct conformation. Polypeptides that have failed to fold into native conformers are subsequently retrotranslocated and degraded by the cytosolic ubiquitin-proteasome system, a proc...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hosokawa N,Kamiya Y,Kato K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1,4-Glucan lyase cleaves alpha-1,4-linkages of nonreducing termini of alpha-1,4-glucans to produce 1,5-anhydrofructose (1,5-AnFru). The enzymes isolated from fungi and algae show high homology with glycoside hydrolase family 31. Purification of alpha-1,4-glucan lyase from rat liver using DEAE Cellulose chromatog...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hirano K,Ziak M,Kamoshita K,Sukenaga Y,Kametani S,Shiga Y,Roth J,Akanuma H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core oligosaccharide Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) is assembled by a series of membrane-bound glycosyltransferases as the lipid carrier dolichylpyrophosphate-linked glycan in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The first step of this assembly pathway on the ER luminal side is mediated by ALG3 (asparagine-linked glycosylation ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kajiura H,Seki T,Fujiyama K

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The hexosamine pathway (HP) is a biochemical hypothesis recently proposed explaining cellular alterations occurring during diabetic microvascular complications. Diabetic retinopathy is a common microvascular complication of diabetes, and it is known that cell proliferation is severely affected during the development o...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Masson E,Wiernsperger N,Lagarde M,El Bawab S

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：: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

abstract：:Glycosylation is the most common post-translational modification of serum proteins, and changes in the type and abundance of glycans in human serum have been correlated with a growing number of human diseases. While the glycosylation pattern of human serum is well studied, little is known about the profiles of other m...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Behrens AJ,Duke RM,Petralia LM,Harvey DJ,Lehoux S,Magnelli PE,Taron CH,Foster JM

更新日期：2018-11-01 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

abstract：:Glycoprotein oligosaccharides function as tags for protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Since most of proteins are glycosylated and function only after they are properly folded, glycoprotein glycan profiles in the ER might be useful to analyze various cellular status including diseases. Here, we ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Iwamoto S,Isoyama M,Hirano M,Yamaya K,Ito Y,Matsuo I,Totani K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-glycans of human serum transferrin produced in Trichopulsia ni cells were analyzed to examine N-linked oligosaccharide processing in insect cells. Metabolic radiolabeling of the intra- and extracellular protein fractions revealed the presence of multiple transferrin glycoforms with molecular weights lower than t...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ailor E,Takahashi N,Tsukamoto Y,Masuda K,Rahman BA,Jarvis DL,Lee YC,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-type lectins are fucolectins with characteristic fucose and calcium-binding sequence motifs and a unique lectin fold (the "F-type" fold). F-type lectins are phylogenetically widespread with selective distribution. Several eukaryotic F-type lectins have been biochemically and structurally characterized, and the F-typ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bishnoi R,Khatri I,Subramanian S,Ramya TN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein N- and O-glycosylation are well known co- and post-translational modifications of immunoglobulins. Antibody glycosylation on the Fab and Fc portion is known to influence antigen binding and effector functions, respectively. To study associations between antibody glycosylation profiles and (patho) physiological...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： de Haan N,Falck D,Wuhrer M

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have elucidated the carbohydrate-binding profile of a non-monosaccharide-binding lectin named Eucheuma serra lectin (ESA)-2 from the red alga Eucheuma serra using a lectin-immobilized column and a centrifugal ultrafiltration-high performance liquid chromatography method with a variety of fluorescence-labeled oligos...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Hori K,Sato Y,Ito K,Fujiwara Y,Iwamoto Y,Makino H,Kawakubo A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Man9-alpha-mannosidase, responsible for trimming Man9GlcNAc2 in the endoplasmic reticulum to Man8GlcNAc2, the substrate for oligosaccharide elongation, has been purified to homogeneity from stabilized microsomal membranes without employing autolytic digestion. The activity was solubilized by t...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ziegler FD,Trimble RB

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CAMPATH-1H (where CAMPATH is a trade mark of Wellcome group companies), a humanized IgG antibody used in the therapy of lymphoma, leukaemia and rheumatoid arthritis, has been expressed in Chinese hamster ovary, Y0 myeloma and NS0 myeloma cell lines. These engineered cell lines were grown under different culture condit...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Lifely MR,Hale C,Boyce S,Keen MJ,Phillips J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania have a glycoconjugate surface coat (the glycocalyx) that acts as the interface between the parasite and its external environment. The principal components of the glycocalyx, the lipophosphoglycans and the glycoinositolphospholipids, have a variety of functions that facilitat...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Smith DF,Rangarajan D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is a common modification found on numerous proteins and lipids. However, direct detection of glycans on these intact biomolecules has been challenge. Here, utilizing enzymatic incorporation of fluorophore-conjugated sialic acids, dubbed as direct fluorescent glycan labeling, we report the labeling and de...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Wu ZL,Person AD,Burton AJ,Singh R,Burroughs B,Fryxell D,Tatge TJ,Manning T,Wu G,Swift KAD,Kalabokis V

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionarily conserved Notch signaling pathway plays broad and important roles during embryonic development and in adult tissue homeostasis. Unlike most other pathways used during animal development, Notch signaling does not rely on second messengers and intracellular signaling cascades. Instead, pathway activat...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jafar-Nejad H,Leonardi J,Fernandez-Valdivia R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface glycans are functional docking sites for tissue lectins such as the members of the galectin family. This interaction triggers a wide variety of responses; hence, there is a keen interest in defining its structural features. Toward this aim, we have used enzyme-linked lectinosorbent (ELLSA) and inhibition ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Wu AM,Singh T,Wu JH,Lensch M,André S,Gabius HJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialidases are widely distributed glycohydrolytic enzymes removing sialic acid residues from glycoconjugates. In mammals, several sialidases with different subcellular localizations and biochemical features have been described. NEU4, the most recently identified member of the human sialidase family, is found in two fo...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bigi A,Morosi L,Pozzi C,Forcella M,Tettamanti G,Venerando B,Monti E,Fusi P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Cytotrophoblasts are the specialized epithelial cells of the placenta. During the first trimester, a subpopulation of chorionic villus cytotrophoblasts differentiates along an invasive pathway and penetrates the maternal endometrium, decidua and spiral arterioles. Cytotrophoblast invasiveness declines rapidly during t...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Moss L,Prakobphol A,Wiedmann TW,Fisher SJ,Damsky CH

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:A number of unusual and rare carbohydrates were tested as potential inhibitors of various glycosidases, as well as inhibitors of N-linked oligosaccharide processing. The best inhibitors of several arylglycosidases and of glucosidase I were L-xylulose and L-fructose. Both of these sugars showed some inhibitory activity...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Muniruzzaman S,Pan YT,Zeng Y,Atkins B,Izumori K,Elbein AD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the first cloning and characterization of a N-acetylneuraminic acid phosphate synthase gene from Drosophila melanogaster, an insect in the protostome lineage. The gene is ubiquitously expressed at all stages of Drosophila development and in Schneider cells. Similar to the human homologue, the ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kim K,Lawrence SM,Park J,Pitts L,Vann WF,Betenbaugh MJ,Palter KB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00