June 2011

• Peptidoglycan recognition proteins kill bacteria by activating protein-sensing two-component systems

  Des Raj Kashyap et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Medicine 17 676-683 (2011)
  doi:10.1038/nm.2357

  Abstract

• Alterations in glycopeptides associated with herceptin treatment of human breast carcinoma MCF-7 and T-lymphoblastoid cells

  E. Lattova et al.
  Original research paper: Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  doi:10.1074/mcp.M111.007765

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• The Bacterial Fimbrial Tip Acts as a Mechanical Force Sensor

  Pavel Aprikian et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS Biology 9
  doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000617

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• Nogo-B receptor is necessary for cellular dolichol biosynthesis and protein N-glycosylation

  Kenneth D Harrison et al.
  Original research paper: The EMBO Journal (2011)
  doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.147

  Abstract

• Galactose-modified iNKT cell agonists stabilized by an induced fit of CD1d prevent tumour metastasis

  Sandrine Aspeslagh et al.
  Original research paper: The EMBO Journal 30 2294-2305 (2011)
  doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.145

  Abstract

• Structural basis for immunization with postfusion respiratory syncytial virus fusion F glycoprotein (RSV F) to elicit high neutralizing antibody titers

  K. A. Swanson et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1106536108

  Abstract

• Binding of α-thrombin to surface-anchored platelet glycoprotein Ibα sulfotyrosines through a two-site mechanism involving exosite I

  A. Zarpellon et al.
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1017042108

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• Chemical reporters for fluorescent detection and identification of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins reveal glycosylation of the ubiquitin ligase NEDD4-1

  B. W. Zaro, Y.-Y. Yang, H. C. Hang & M. R. Pratt
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108
  doi:10.1073/pnas.1102458108

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• Remembering Nutrient Quality of Sugar in Drosophila

  Christopher J. Burke & Scott Waddell
  Original research paper: Current Biology 21
  doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.032

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• Drosophila Evaluates and Learns the Nutritional Value of Sugars

  Michiko Fujita & Teiichi Tanimura
  Original research paper: Current Biology 21
  doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.058

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• The Conformation and Function of a Multimodular Glycogen-Degrading Pneumococcal Virulence Factor

  Alicia Lammerts van bueren et al.
  Original research paper: Structure 19
  doi:10.1016/j.str.2011.03.001

  Abstract

• Structure-Function Analysis of a CVNH-LysM Lectin Expressed during Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

  Leonardus M.I. Koharudin et al.
  Original research paper: Structure 19
  doi:10.1016/j.str.2011.03.004

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• Advanced Glycation End Product Recognition by the Receptor for AGEs

  Jing Xue et al.
  Original research paper: Structure 19
  doi:10.1016/j.str.2011.02.013

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• Tracing Protein Evolution through Ancestral Structures of Fish Galectin

  Ayumu Konno et al.
  Original research paper: Structure 19
  doi:10.1016/j.str.2011.02.014

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• Rational Design of an Aryl-C-Glycoside Catalyst from a Natural Product O-Glycosyltransferase

  Johannes Härle et al.
  Original research paper: Chemistry & Biology 18
  doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.02.013

  Abstract

• Studies of the genetics, function and kinetic mechanism of TagE - the wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase in Bacillus subtilis 168

  S. E. Allison et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.241265

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• Screening of Escherichia coli Species Biodiversity Reveals New Biofilm-Associated Antiadhesion Polysaccharides

  O. Rendueles et al.
  Original research paper: mBio 2
  doi:10.1128/mBio.00043-11

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• Sarm1, a negative regulator of innate immunity, interacts with syndecan-2 and regulates neuronal morphology

  C.-Y. Chen et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Cell Biology 193
  doi:10.1083/jcb.201008050

  Abstract

• Production of Multiple Brain-Like Ganglioside Species Is Dispensable for Fas-Induced Apoptosis of Lymphoid Cells

  Iuliana Popa et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS ONE 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019974

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• Modulation of the CD95-Induced Apoptosis: The Role of CD95 N-Glycosylation

  Olga M. Shatnyeva et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS ONE 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019927

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• Glycosylation regulates the specific induction of rice immune responses by Acidovorax avenae flagellin

  H. Hirai et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.254029

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• Human Glycolipid Transfer Protein (GLTP) Expression Modulates Cell Shape

  Yongguang Gao et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS ONE 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019990

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• C-Terminus Glycans with Critical Functional Role in the Maturation of Secretory Glycoproteins

  Daniela Cioaca et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS ONE 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019979

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• Building custom polysaccharides in vitro with an efficient, broad-specificity xyloglucan glycosynthase and a fucosyltransferase

  Oliver Spadiut et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of the American Chemical Society
  doi:10.1021/ja202788q

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• Extensive mannose phosphorylation on leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) controls its extracellular levels by multiple mechanisms

  J. Barnes et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.221432

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• Glycosylation affects ligand binding and function of the activating Natural Killer cell receptor 2B4 (CD244)

  S. Margraf-schoenfeld, C. Boehm & C. Watzl
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.225334

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• β2-Glycoprotein I and Protection from Anti-SSA/Ro60-Associated Cardiac Manifestations of Neonatal Lupus

  J. H. Reed et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Immunology
  doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1100122

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• Characterization of O-acetylation of N-acetylglucosamine: a novel structural variation of bacterial peptidoglycan

  E. Bernard et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.241414

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• Lack of Galectin-3 Disturbs Mesenteric Lymph Node Homeostasis and B Cell Niches in the Course of Schistosoma mansoni Infection

  Felipe L. Oliveira et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS ONE 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019216

  Abstract