Microbiology

• Self-poisoning of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by targeting GlgE in an α-glucan pathway

  Rainer Kalscheuer et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Chemical Biology 6
  doi:10.1038/nchembio.340

  Abstract

• Protein tyrosine O-glycosylation--A rather unexplored prokaryotic glycosylation system

  K. Zarschler et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology 20
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwq035

  Abstract

• Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide Is Synthesized via a Novel Pathway with an Evolutionary Connection to Protein N-Glycosylation

  Isabelle Hug et al.
  Original research paper: PLoS Pathogens 6
  doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000819

  Abstract

• O-Acetylation of sialic acid on Group B inhibits neutrophil suppression and virulence

  Shannon Weiman et al.
  Original research paper: Biochemical Journal 428
  doi:10.1042/BJ20100232

  Abstract

• Structural Characterization of Glycans on Omega-1, a Major Egg Glycoprotein That Drives Th2 Responses

  Moniek H. J. Meevissen et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Proteome Research 9
  doi:10.1021/pr100081c

  Abstract

• Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Relaxation Promotes Helicobacter pylori's Helical Shape and Stomach Colonization

  Laura K. Sycuro et al.
  Original research paper: Cell 141
  doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.046

  Abstract

• Structure and Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide 10F by Carbohydrate Engineering in Streptococcus oralis

  J. Yang, N. Y. Shelat, C. A. Bush & J. O. Cisar
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 285
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.123562

  Abstract

• Chemical tools to discover and target bacterial glycoproteins

  Danielle H. Dube, Kanokwan Champasa & Bo Wang
  Original research paper: Chemical Communications 47
  doi:10.1039/c0cc01557a

  Abstract

• The molecular characterization of a novel GH38 α-mannosidase from the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus revealed its ability in de-mannosylating glycoproteins

  Beatrice Cobucci-ponzano et al.
  Original research paper: Biochimie 92
  doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2010.07.016

  Abstract

• Imaging the nanoscale organization of peptidoglycan in living Lactococcus lactis cells

  Guillaume Andre et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Communications 1
  doi:10.1038/ncomms1027

  Abstract

• Different glycosyltransferases are involved in lipid glycosylation and protein N-glycosylation in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii

  Shai Naparstek, Evguenii Vinagradov & Jerry Eichler
  Original research paper: Archives of Microbiology 192
  doi:10.1007/s00203-010-0581-9

  Abstract

• TLR4-Mediated Sensing of Campylobacter jejuni by Dendritic Cells Is Determined by Sialylation

  M. L. Kuijf et al.
  Original research paper: The Journal of Immunology 185
  doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0903014

  Abstract

• A polysaccharide from the human commensal Bacteroides fragilis protects against CNS demyelinating disease

  J Ochoa-repáraz et al.
  Original research paper: Mucosal Immunology 3
  doi:10.1038/mi.2010.29

  Abstract

• Glycomimicry: Display of the GM3 sugar epitope on Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica sv Typhimurium

  K. Ilg et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology 20
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwq091

  Abstract

• Worms to the rescue: Can worm glycans protect from autoimmune diseases?

  Loes M. Kuijk & Irma Van die
  Original research paper: IUBMB Life
  doi:10.1002/iub.304

  Abstract

• Mechanistic insights into a Ca²⁺-dependent family of α-mannosidases in a human gut symbiont

  Yanping Zhu et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Chemical Biology 6 125-132 (2009)
  doi:10.1038/nchembio.278

  Abstract

• Structural Basis for the Recognition and Cleavage of Polysialic Acid by the Bacteriophage K1F Tailspike Protein EndoNF

  Eike Christian Schulz et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Molecular Biology 397
  doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.028

  Abstract

• Reduced expression of the O-mannosyltransferase 2 (AfPmt2) leads to deficient cell wall and abnormal polarity in Aspergillus fumigatus

  W. Fang et al.
  Original research paper: Glycobiology 20
  doi:10.1093/glycob/cwp206

  Abstract

• A kit for the investigation of live Escherichia coli cell adhesion to glycosylated surfaces

  Mirja Hartmann, Andrea K. Horst, Per Klemm & Thisbe K. Lindhorst
  Original research paper: Chemical Communications 46
  doi:10.1039/b922525k

  Abstract

• The Caenorhabditis elegans bus-2 Mutant Reveals a New Class of O-Glycans Affecting Bacterial Resistance

  E. Palaima et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 285
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.065433

  Abstract

• Duality of the carbohydrate-recognition system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-II lectin (PA-IIL)

  Albert M. Wu, Yu-Ping Gong, Chia-Chen Li & Nechama Gilboa-garber
  Original research paper: FEBS Letters 584
  doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2010.04.026

  Abstract

• Role of Water Molecules in Structure and Energetics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin I Interacting with Disaccharides

  A. Nurisso et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 285
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.108340

  Abstract