Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes

C Toustou, ML Walet‐Balieu… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT N‐glycosylation is an important post‐translational modification of proteins that
has been highly conserved during evolution and is found in Eukaryota, Bacteria and …

Complicated N-linked glycans in simple organisms

B Schiller, A Hykollari, S Yan, K Paschinger… - Biological …, 2012 - degruyter.com
Although countless genomes have now been sequenced, the glycomes of the vast majority
of eukaryotes still present a series of unmapped frontiers. However, strides are being made …

Mollusc N-glycosylation: structures, functions and perspectives

E Staudacher - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Molluscs display a sophisticated N-glycan pattern on their proteins, which is, in terms of
involved structural features, even more diverse than that of vertebrates. This review …

Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update for 2003–2004

DJ Harvey - Mass spectrometry reviews, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This review is the third update of the original review, published in 1999, on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

Methylation–an uncommon modification of glycans

E Staudacher - Biological Chemistry, 2012 - degruyter.com
A methyl (Me) group on a sugar residue is a rarely reported event. Until now, this type of
modification has been found in the animal kingdom only in worms and molluscs, whereas it …

Unique N-glycan moieties of the 66-kDa cell wall glycoprotein from the red microalga Porphyridium sp.

O Levy-Ontman, S Arad, DJ Harvey, TB Parsons… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
We report here the structural determination of the N-linked glycans in the 66-kDa
glycoprotein, part of the unique sulfated complex cell wall polysaccharide of the red …

Hemocytes and plasma of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) display a diverse repertoire of sulfated and blood group A-modified N-glycans

S Kurz, C Jin, A Hykollari, D Gregorich… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) has become a useful model system for glycan-
dependent host-parasite interactions due to the hijacking of the oyster galectin CvGal1 for …

Antitumor Activity of Bioactive Compounds from Rapana venosa against Human Breast Cell Lines

M Petrova, Z Vlahova, M Schröder, J Todorova… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study is the first report describing the promising antitumor activity of biologically active
compounds isolated from the hemolymph of marine snail Rapana venosa—a fraction with …

Glycan structures and antiviral effect of the structural subunit RvH2 of Rapana hemocyanin

P Dolashka, L Velkova, S Shishkov, K Kostova… - Carbohydrate …, 2010 - Elsevier
Molluscan hemocyanins are very large biological macromolecules and they act as oxygen-
transporting glycoproteins. Most of them are glycoproteins with molecular mass around …

Identification of Glycosylated Sites in Rapana Hemocyanin by Mass Spectrometry and Gene Sequence, and Their Antiviral Effect

P Dolashka-Angelova, B Lieb, L Velkova… - Bioconjugate …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Molluscan hemocyanins (Hcs) have recently received particular interest due to their
significant immunostimulatory properties. This is mainly related to their high carbohydrate …