January 2011

• SIRT3 Deacetylates Mitochondrial 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl CoA Synthase 2 and Regulates Ketone Body Production

  Tadahiro Shimazu et al.
  Original research paper: Cell Metabolism 12
  doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2010.11.003

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• Saccharides enhance iron bioavailability to Southern Ocean phytoplankton

  C. S. Hassler et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1010963108

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• Fungal recognition enhances mannose receptor shedding through dectin-1 engagement

  U. Gazi et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.185025

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• Rapid differential transport of Nodal and Lefty on sulfated proteoglycan-rich extracellular matrix regulates left-right asymmetry in Xenopus

  L. Marjoram & C. Wright
  Original research paper: Development 138
  doi:10.1242/dev.056010

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• Sugar-free frosting, a homolog of SAD kinase, drives neural-specific glycan expression in the Drosophila embryo

  S. Baas et al.
  Original research paper: Development 138
  doi:10.1242/dev.055376

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• Heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-3 is a novel receptor for GDNF, neurturin, and artemin

  M. M. Bespalov et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Cell Biology
  doi:10.1083/jcb.201009136

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• Single-particle tracking confirms that multivalent Tat-protein transduction domain induced Heparan-sulfate Proteoglycan (HSPG) cross-linkage activates Rac1 for internalization

  J. Imamura et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.187450

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• Structure-activity analysis of cathepsin K/chondroitin 4-sulfate interactions

  M. M. Cherny et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.126706

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• Pregnancy-specific glycoprotein 1 induces endothelial tubulogenesis through interaction with cell surface proteoglycans

  F. A. Lisboa et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.161810

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• Emerging role of  2-6 sialic acid as a negative regulator of galectin binding and function

  Y. Zhuo & S. L. Bellis
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.R110.191429

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• Cell-Penetrant, Nanomolar O-GlcNAcase Inhibitors Selective against Lysosomal Hexosaminidases

  Helge C. Dorfmueller et al.
  Original research paper: Chemistry & Biology 17
  doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.09.014

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• Detection of Specific Glycosaminoglycans and Glycan Epitopes by in vitro Sulfation using Recombinant Sulfotransferases

  Z. L. Wu et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwq204

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• TEMPO-mediated glycoconjugation: a scheme for the controlled synthesis of polysaccharide conjugates

  Zuchao Ma, Lisa Bertolo, Sharif Arar & Mario A. Monteiro
  Original research paper: Carbohydrate Research
  doi:10.1016/j.carres.2010.11.021

  Abstract

• Protein O-mannosyltransferases participate in ER protein quality control

  V. Goder & A. Melero
  Original research paper: Journal of Cell Science 124
  doi:10.1242/jcs.072181

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• Shotgun glycomics: a microarray strategy for functional glycomics

  Xuezheng Song et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Methods 8 85-90 (2010)
  doi:10.1038/nmeth.1540

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• Laminins, via heparan sulfate proteoglycans, participate in zebrafish myotome morphogenesis by modulating the pattern of Bmp responsiveness

  M. Dolez, J.-F. Nicolas & E. Hirsinger
  Original research paper: Journal of Cell Science 124
  doi:10.1242/jcs.084939

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• Sublancin is not a lantibiotic but an S-linked glycopeptide

  Trent J Oman et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Chemical Biology (2011)
  doi:10.1038/nchembio.509

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• Switching of the core structures of glycosphingolipids from globo- and lacto- to ganglio-series upon human embryonic stem cell differentiation

  Y.-J. Liang et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1007290108

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• Identification of lysine succinylation as a new post-translational modification

  Zhihong Zhang et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Chemical Biology 7 58-63 (2010)
  doi:10.1038/nchembio.495

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• The GD1a glycan is a cellular receptor for adenoviruses causing epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

  Emma C Nilsson et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Medicine 17 105-109 (2010)
  doi:10.1038/nm.2267

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• Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacterial Enzyme

  B. D. Wallace et al.
  Original research paper: Science 330
  doi:10.1126/science.1191175

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• Safe, Efficient, and Reproducible Gene Therapy of the Brain in the Dog Models of Sanfilippo and Hurler Syndromes

  N Matthew Ellinwood et al.
  Original research paper: Molecular Therapy (2010)
  doi:10.1038/mt.2010.265

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• Structural Basis for Langerin Recognition of Diverse Pathogen and Mammalian Glycans through a Single Binding Site

  Hadar Feinberg et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Molecular Biology 405
  doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.039

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• Milk sialyllactose influences colitis in mice through selective intestinal bacterial colonization

  A. Fuhrer et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Experimental Medicine 207
  doi:10.1084/jem.20101098

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• Enzymatic synthesis of vancomycin derivatives using galactosyltransferase and sialyltransferase

  Tae-Jin Oh et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Antibiotics 64 103-109 (2010)
  doi:10.1038/ja.2010.131

  Abstract

• N-Glycosylation at non-canonical Asn-X-Cys sequences in plant cells

  T. Matsui et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwq198

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• Syndecan-1 promotes Staphylococcus aureus corneal infection by counteracting neutrophil-mediated host defense

  A. Hayashida, S. Amano & P. W. Park
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.185165

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• Altered mRNA expressions of sialyltransferases in human gastric cancer tissues

  Li Jun et al.
  Original research paper: Medical Oncology
  doi:10.1007/s12032-010-9771-1

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• Perturbing the folding energy landscape of the bacterial immunity protein Im7 by site-specific N-linked glycosylation

  M. M. Chen et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1015356107

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• Specific posttranslational modification regulates early events in mammary carcinoma formation

  H.-B. Guo et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1013405107

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• Glycosylation Focuses Sequence Variation in the Influenza A Virus H1 Hemagglutinin Globular Domain

  Suman R. Das et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS Pathogens 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001211

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• A role for serglycin proteoglycan in mast cell apoptosis induced by a secretory granule-mediated pathway

  F. R. Melo et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.176461

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