Global view of human protein glycosylation pathways and functions

KT Schjoldager, Y Narimatsu, HJ Joshi… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Glycosylation is the most abundant and diverse form of post-translational modification of
proteins that is common to all eukaryotic cells. Enzymatic glycosylation of proteins involves a …

Glycosylation in cancer: mechanisms and clinical implications

SS Pinho, CA Reis - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Despite recent progress in understanding the cancer genome, there is still a relative delay in
understanding the full aspects of the glycome and glycoproteome of cancer. Glycobiology …

Glycans and cancer: role of N-glycans in cancer biomarker, progression and metastasis, and therapeutics

N Taniguchi, Y Kizuka - Advances in cancer research, 2015 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is catalyzed by various glycosyltransferase enzymes which are mostly located
in the Golgi apparatus in cells. These enzymes glycosylate various complex carbohydrates …

Glycosylation in cancer: Selected roles in tumour progression, immune modulation and metastasis

JG Rodrigues, M Balmaña, JA Macedo, J Poças… - Cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tumour metastasis is the main cause of cancer related deaths. Metastasis is an intricate
multi-step process that requires the acquisition of several cancer cell features, including the …

Functional roles of N‐glycans in cell signaling and cell adhesion in cancer

YY Zhao, M Takahashi, JG Gu, E Miyoshi… - Cancer …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation is one of the most common post‐translational modification reactions and
nearly half of all known proteins in eukaryotes are glycosylated. In fact, changes in …

Core fucosylation regulates epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated intracellular signaling

X Wang, J Gu, H Ihara, E Miyoshi, K Honke… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
α1, 6-Fucosyltransferase (Fut8) catalyzes the transfer of a fucose residue to N-linked
oligosaccharides on glycoproteins via an α1, 6-linkage to form core fucosylation in …

Core fucose and bisecting GlcNAc, the direct modifiers of the N-glycan core: their functions and target proteins

M Takahashi, Y Kuroki, K Ohtsubo, N Taniguchi - Carbohydrate research, 2009 - Elsevier
Among the various posttranslational modification reactions, glycosylation is the most
common, and nearly 50% of all known proteins are thought to be glycosylated. In particular …

Biosynthetic machinery involved in aberrant glycosylation: promising targets for developing of drugs against cancer

A Vasconcelos-dos-Santos, IA Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells depend on altered metabolism and nutrient uptake to generate and keep the
malignant phenotype. The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway is a branch of glucose …

Enzymes for N-Glycan Branching and Their Genetic and Nongenetic Regulation in Cancer

Y Kizuka, N Taniguchi - Biomolecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
N-glycan, a fundamental and versatile protein modification in mammals, plays critical roles
in various physiological and pathological events including cancer progression. The …

Cell migration—the role of integrin glycosylation

ME Janik, A Lityńska, P Vereecken - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cell migration is an essential process in organ homeostasis, in
inflammation, and also in metastasis, the main cause of death from cancer. The extracellular …