Galectin-3 binds selectively to the terminal, non-reducing end of β(1→4)-galactans, with overall affinity increasing with chain length.

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：:An ultrasensitive method for analysis of polysialic acid (polySia) chains, using fluorescence-assisted high-performance liquid chromatography was developed. The new method is a substantial improvement of our earlier method in which the reducing terminal Sia residues of a homologous series of oligo/polySia hydrolytical...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Inoue S,Lin SL,Lee YC,Inoue Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common argument against using plants as a production system for therapeutic proteins is their inability to perform authentic N-glycosylation. A major concern is the presence of beta 1,2-xylose and core alpha 1,3-fucose residues on complex N-glycans as these nonmammalian N-glycan residues may provoke unwanted side ef...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Jin C,Altmann F,Strasser R,Mach L,Schähs M,Kunert R,Rademacher T,Glössl J,Steinkellner H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the localization of major gangliosides in adult rat brain by an immunofluorescence technique with mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Five MAbs (GMB16, GMR17, GGR12, GMR5 and GMR13) that specifically recognize gangliosides GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b and GQ1b, respectively, were used. We have found that ther...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Kotani M,Kawashima I,Ozawa H,Terashima T,Tai T

更新日期：1993-04-01 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 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：:Hyaluronan (HA) is a linear charged polysaccharide whose structure is made up of repeating disaccharide units. Apparently conflicting reports have been published about the nature of the helical structure of HA in the solid state. Recent developments in the field of molecular modeling of polysaccharides offer new oppor...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Haxaire K,Braccini I,Milas M,Rinaudo M,Pérez S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolipids are important components of almost all biological membranes. They possess unique properties that have only been incompletely characterized so far. The plant glycolipid digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) strongly influences the physical behavior of phospholipid model membranes in both the dry and hydrated st...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Popova AV,Hincha DK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans mediate a wide variety of biological roles via recognition by glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). Comprehensive knowledge of such interaction is thus fundamental to glycobiology. While the primary binding feature of GBPs can be easily uncovered by using a simple glycan microarray harboring limited numbers of glyca...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Li L,Guan W,Zhang G,Wu Z,Yu H,Chen X,Wang PG

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi expresses a unique trans-sialidase that is responsible for the transfer of sialic acid from host glycoproteins and glycolipids to mucin-like glycoprotein acceptors on the parasite surface. The enzyme and the sialic acid acceptors are present in the mammalian forms of the parasite and in the parasite ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Amino R,Serrano AA,Morita OM,Pereira-Chioccola VL,Schenkman S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-8 (gal-8) is a "tandem-repeat"-type galectin, containing two carbohydrate recognition domains connected by a linker peptide. gal-8 is expressed both in the cytoplasm and nucleus in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) from normal and tumor-associated blood vessels, and in lymphatic endothelial cells. Herein, we d...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Troncoso MF,Ferragut F,Bacigalupo ML,Cárdenas Delgado VM,Nugnes LG,Gentilini L,Laderach D,Wolfenstein-Todel C,Compagno D,Rabinovich GA,Elola MT

更新日期：2014-10-01 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 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：:Giardia lamblia, the protist that causes diarrhea, makes an Asn-linked-glycan (N-glycan) precursor that contains just two sugars (GlcNAc(2)) attached by a pyrophosphate linkage to a polyprenol lipid. Because the candidate cis-prenyltransferase of Giardia appears to be more similar to bacterial enzymes than to those of...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Grabińska KA,Cui J,Chatterjee A,Guan Z,Raetz CR,Robbins PW,Samuelson J

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants of plants are essentially a mixture of N-glycans containing beta1,2-xylose and core alpha1,3-fucose, the latter also found in insect glycoproteins. To determine the relative contributions of these two sugar residues to antibody binding, we prepared an array of glycomodified for...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bencúrová M,Hemmer W,Focke-Tejkl M,Wilson IB,Altmann F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of p53-induced gene 1 is a member of the galectin family, i.e., galectin-7 (Gal-7). To move beyond structural data by X-ray diffraction, we initiated the study of the lectin by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism spectroscopies, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In concert, our r...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ermakova E,Miller MC,Nesmelova IV,López-Merino L,Berbís MA,Nesmelov Y,Tkachev YV,Lagartera L,Daragan VA,André S,Cañada FJ,Jiménez-Barbero J,Solís D,Gabius HJ,Mayo KH

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：: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：:We have developed a new method to co-localize multiple glycosyl transferases in different Golgi compartments. The approach relies on the proven ability of intact, sealed rat liver Golgi preparations to concentrate exogenous labeled sugar nucleotides into the lumen where they glycosylate either endogenous or artificial...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Etchison JR,Freeze HH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pig to human xenotransplantation is considered a possible solution to the prevailing chronic lack of human donor organs for allotransplantation. The Galalpha1,3Gal determinant is the major porcine xenogeneic epitope causing hyperacute rejection following human antibody binding and complement activation. In order to ch...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Bäcker AE,Holgersson J,Samuelsson BE,Karlsson H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat pheochromocytoma cell line (PC12), when transfected with beta1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT-III), which catalyzes the formation of a bisecting GlcNAc structure in N-glycans, resulted in the suppression of neurite outgrowth induced by costimulation of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and integrins. The...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Gu J,Zhao Y,Isaji T,Shibukawa Y,Ihara H,Takahashi M,Ikeda Y,Miyoshi E,Honke K,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides are able to bind to the epidermal growth factor receptor and inhibit its activation, but the mechanism of this inhibition is unknown. To address the role of receptor carbohydrates in facilitating interaction with gangliosides, we examined the ability of GM3 to bind the deglycosylated receptor and inhibit ...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Wang XQ,Sun P,O'Gorman M,Tai T,Paller AS

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:In this paper, we present two complementary strategies for enrichment of glycoproteins on living cells that combine the desirable attributes of "robust enrichment" afforded by covalent-labeling techniques and "specificity for glycoproteins" typically provided by lectin or antibody affinity reagents. Our strategy invol...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Ramya TN,Weerapana E,Cravatt BF,Paulson JC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on chemical analysis, we have previously concluded that the biologically important lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and lipomannan (LM) from Mycobacterium are multiglycosylated forms of the phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs), the characteristic cell envelope mannophosphoinositides of mycobacteria. Using definitive an...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Khoo KH,Dell A,Morris HR,Brennan PJ,Chatterjee D

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:We have examined the time course of the neuronal death and regeneration of rat axotomized hypoglossal nerve with various conditions of the nerve resection, and established a useful system to measure neurotrophic activities of bioactive substances. In this system, neuronal death can be evaluated by counting surviving n...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Itoh M,Fukumoto S,Baba N,Kuga Y,Mizuno A,Furukawa K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V, encoded by the Mgat5 gene, plays an important regulatory role in the synthesis of complex N-glycans, including the Lewis antigens. The elevated expression of this enzyme is regulated during development and is highly associated with cellular transformation and malignancy. In addition,...

journal_title：Glycobiology

authors： Alverez K,Haswell C,St Clair M,Perng GS,Shorebah M,Pierce M,Fregien N

更新日期：2002-07-01 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