March 2011

• Recognition of the major cat allergen Fel d 1 through the cysteine-rich domain of the mannose receptor determines its allergenicity

  M. Emara et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.220657

  Abstract

• Zebrafish Fukutin family proteins link the unfolded protein response with dystroglycanopathies

  Y.-Y. Lin et al.
  Original research paper: Human Molecular Genetics
  doi:10.1093/hmg/ddr059

  Abstract

• 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

  Abstract

• Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycan and the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1 Constitute Major Pathways for Neuronal Amyloid-  Uptake

  T. Kanekiyo et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Neuroscience 31
  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5491-10.2011

  Abstract

• An infant-associated bacterial commensal utilizes breast milk sialyloligosaccharides

  D. A. Sela et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.193359

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• Protein Native-State Stabilization by Placing Aromatic Side Chains in N-Glycosylated Reverse Turns

  E. K. Culyba et al.
  Original research paper: Science 331
  doi:10.1126/science.1198461

  Abstract

• Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

  C. Fu et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1100310108

  Abstract

• Broadly neutralizing DNA vaccine with specific mutation alters the antigenicity and sugar-binding activities of influenza hemagglutinin

  M.-W. Chen et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1019744108

  Abstract

• Metabolic cross-talk allows labeling of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine-modified proteins via the N-acetylgalactosamine salvage pathway

  M. Boyce et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1010045108

  Abstract

• N-glycosylation engineering of plants for the biosynthesis of glycoproteins with bisected and branched complex N-glycans

  A. Castilho et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwr009

  Abstract

• Switching on cytotoxicity by a single mutation at the heavy chain variable region of an anti-ganglioside antibody

  Yuniel Fernández-marrero et al.
  Original research paper: Molecular Immunology
  doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2011.01.008

  Abstract

• Viral induction and targeted inhibition of galectin-1 in EBV+ post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders

  J. Ouyang et al.
  Original research paper: Blood
  doi:10.1182/blood-2010-11-320481

  Abstract

• Anti-NeuGcGM3 Antibodies, Actively Elicited by Idiotypic Vaccination in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients, Induce Tumor Cell Death by an Oncosis-Like Mechanism

  A. M. Hernandez et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Immunology
  doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1000609

  Abstract

• Substrate and metal-ion promiscuity in mannosylglycerate synthase

  M. M. Nielsen et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.199844

  Abstract

• Galectin-8-N-domain recognition mechanism for sialylated and sulfated glycans

  H. Ideo et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.195925

  Abstract

• Oligosaccharide conjugates of Bordetella pertussis and bronchiseptica induce bactericidal antibodies, an addition to pertussis vaccine

  J. Kubler-kielb et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1100782108

  Abstract

• A Processive Glycosyltransferase Involved in Glycolipid Synthesis during Phosphate Deprivation in Mesorhizobium loti

  E. A. Devers et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Bacteriology 193
  doi:10.1128/JB.00768-10

  Abstract

• Posttranslational Modification of Pili upon Cell Contact Triggers N. meningitidis Dissemination

  J. Chamot-rooke et al.
  Original research paper: Science 331
  doi:10.1126/science.1200729

  Abstract

• Glypican-5 stimulates rhabdomyosarcoma cell proliferation by activating Hedgehog signaling

  F. Li, W. Shi, M. Capurro & J. Filmus
  Original research paper: The Journal of Cell Biology 192
  doi:10.1083/jcb.201008087

  Abstract

• Biochemical correlation of activity of the alpha-dystroglycan-modifying glycosyltransferase POMGnT1 with mutations in Muscle-Eye-Brain disease

  Josef Voglmeir et al.
  Original research paper: Biochemical Journal
  doi:10.1042/BJ20101059

  Abstract

• Selective control of oligosaccharide transfer efficiency for the N-glycosylation sequon by a point mutation in oligosaccharyltransferase

  M. Igura & D. Kohda
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.213900

  Abstract

• Genome-wide evolutionary conservation of N-glycosylation sites

  C. Park & J. Zhang
  Original research paper: Molecular Biology and Evolution
  doi:10.1093/molbev/msr055

  Abstract

• Emerging paradigms for the initiation of mucin type protein O-glycosylation by the polypeptide GalNAc transferase (ppGalNAc T) family of glycosyltransferases

  T. A. Gerken et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.218701

  Abstract