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.
August 2010
Glycosylation defects: To add sugar, reduce fat
SRD5A3 catalyzes a reduction step in the synthesis of precursors for N-glycosylation, and is mutated in congenital disorders of glycosylation.
Original research paper: Cell (23 July 2010)
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.06.001Gated ion channels: Held open by glycans?
Glycosylation analysis and homology modeling of a receptor for the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA reveals regulation by glycosylation.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. (16 July 2010)
doi:10.1074/jbc.m110.151449
