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.
February 2011
Protein maturation: OGT as an unlikely protease?
Two studies of HCF-1 maturation provide new links between glycosylation and proteolysis, inspiring new questions about OGT function.
Original research paper: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., (1 February 2011)
doi:10.1073/pnas.1013822108Blocking O-GlcNAcylation: An inside job
A Trojan horse approach exploits a biosynthetic pathway to generate a glycosyltransferase inhibitor directly inside cells.
Original research paper: Nat. Chem. Biol., (23 January 2011)
doi:10.1038/nchembio.520
