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Quantifying Protein–Glycan Interactions Using Native Mass Spectrometry

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Interactions between glycan‐binding proteins (GBPs) and carbohydrates (glycans) are essential to many biological processes relevant to human health and disease. For most GBPs, however, their glycan interactome—the repertoire of glycans recognized and their specificities—is poorly defined.
Duong T. Bui, Elena N. Kitova, Ling Han, Lara K. Mahal, John S. Klassen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A structural and biochemical model of processive chitin synthesis [PDF]

, 2014
Chitin synthases (CHS) produce chitin, an essential component of the fungal cell wall. The molecular mechanism of processive chitin synthesis is not understood, limiting the discovery of new inhibitors of this enzyme class.
Andrew T. Ferenbach, Atkinson, Barny, Bond, Bowen, Cabib, Charnock, Coutinho, D'Haeze, Daan M.F. van Aalten, Debellé, Drew, Gaughran, Helge C. Dorfmueller, Imai, Kamst, Kamst, Kamst, Karnezis, Kathiravan, Källberg, Manoil, Martínez-Rucobo, Masubuchi, Mavingui, Morgan, Nagahashi, Orlean, Rao, Ruiz-Herrera, Semino, Shaw, Streng, Sudoh, Thompson, Uchida, Vladimir S. Borodkin, Xie, Yabe   +38 more
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Advancements in Mass Spectrometry‐Based Glycomics in Food and Nutritional Science

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review highlights advancements in mass spectrometry (MS)‐based glycomics in food and nutritional science. Carbohydrates, which are vital for human health, exhibit complex structures, making their analysis challenging. MS has become an indispensable tool for elucidating the structures of carbohydrates, including glycans, through soft ...
JaeHui Song, HyunJi Lee, Youngshik Choe, Hyeyoung Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A network-based approach to identify substrate classes of bacterial glycosyltransferases [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Bacterial interactions with the environment-and/or host largely depend on the bacterial glycome. The specificities of a bacterial glycome are largely determined by glycosyltransferases (GTs), the enzymes involved in transferring sugar ...
Lebeer, Sarah, Marchal, Kathleen, Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael, Tytgat, Hanne LP, Vanderleyden, Jos, Winderickx, Joris   +5 more
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Direct interaction between MreB and the RodA‐PBP2 complex organizes lateral cell wall synthesis in Escherichia coli

mLife, EarlyView.
Abstract The elongasome, or the Rod complex, orchestrates lateral peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis in many rod‐shaped bacteria. It consists of the actin‐like protein MreB, the PG synthase RodA‐PBP2 complex, as well as MreCD and RodZ. Although the loss or disruption of any elongasome component results in a loss of rod shape, previous studies found that a ...
Rui Zhan, Han Gong, Ying Li, Xiangdong Chen, Joe Lutkenhaus, Shishen Du   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The N‐Glycome to Differentiate Mesenchymal Stem Cells Upon Chondrogenic Differentiation, Dedifferentiation, and Senescence

PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells able to self‐renewal or differentiation into different cell types, including chondrocytes. N‐Glycans are post‐translational modifications of glycoproteins that contribute to vital cell functions.
Houda Montacir, Karina Biskup, Michael Sittinger, Rudolf Tauber, Véronique Blanchard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Fut10 and Fut11, Putative Alpha-1-3/4 Fucosyltransferase Genes Important for Vertebrate Development [PDF]

, 2007
Two new, putative alpha-1-3/4 fucosyltransferases ([alpha]1-3/4 Fuc-Ts), Fuc-TX and Fuc-TXI, were identified in the vertebrate genome and transcriptome sequence databases through sequence homology-based queries. These proteins have a significant sequence
Santosh K. Patnaik
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Functional analysis of the Lactococcus lactis galU and galE genes and their impact on sugar nucleotide and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis [PDF]

, 2001
We studied the UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (galU) and UDP-galactose epimerase (galE) genes of Lactococcus lactis MG1363 to investigate their involvement in biosynthesis of UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose, which are precursors of glucose- and galactose ...
Boels, I.C., Ramos, A., Kleerebezem, M., Vos, W.M., de   +3 more
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Microbial glycosaminoglycan glycosyltransferases [PDF]

Glycobiology, 2002
Glycosaminoglycans, a class of linear polysaccharides composed of repeating disaccharide units containing a hexosamine, are important carbohydrates found in many organisms. Vertebrates utilize glycosaminoglycans in structural, recognition, adhesion, and signaling roles.
openaire   +2 more sources

Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference genomes for an early‐diverging group of grasses called the Aristidoideae, we were able to reconstruct the genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all
Lara Pereira, Ahmed S. Alenazi, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Luke T. Dunning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source