Featured articles
From 2006-2011, the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) collaborated to provide the Functional Glycomics Update, a one-stop resource with monthly updates on the latest developments in glycobiology. Here, access the complete archive of Featured Articles, specially written editors' reviews on the most exciting findings in glycobiology. Original pieces created by NPG as part of the NPG-CFG partnership are subject to copyright by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited; used with permission.
April 2007
Carbohydrate binding: CD44 switches conformation
The crystal structure of the CD44-hyaluronan complex reveals unexpected protein-carbohydrate binding features.
Original research paper: Nat Struct Mol Biol. 14, 234-239 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nsmb1201Tuberculosis: An Apa anchor
The mannosylated bacterial cell wall protein Apa was thought to only be secreted but also occurs in a cell surface–associated form that aids the infection process of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Original research paper: J Biol Chem. 282, 5133-5142 (2007)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M610183200
