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.
July 2011
N-linked glycosylation: A reaction takes shape
A 3.4-Å structure of the Campylobacter lari oligosaccharyltransferase provides the first detailed view of protein structure, substrate binding and asparagine activation in the most common modification reaction in glycobiology.
Original research paper: Nature 474, 350-355 (2011)
Ushering perforin
Recent work reveals how cytotoxic lymphocytes ensure that a pore-forming glycoprotein gets to its storage site without causing cellular damage.
Original research paper: Immunity 34, 879-892 (2011)
