Global functions of O‐glycosylation: promises and challenges in O‐glycobiology

HH Wandall, MAI Nielsen, S King‐Smith… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mucin type O‐glycosylation is one of the most diverse types of glycosylation, playing
essential roles in tissue development and homeostasis. In complex organisms, O‐GalNAc …

Biological roles of glycans

A Varki - Glycobiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Simple and complex carbohydrates (glycans) have long been known to play major
metabolic, structural and physical roles in biological systems. Targeted microbial binding to …

A single mutation in dairy cow-associated H5N1 viruses increases receptor binding breadth

MR Good, ML Fernández-Quintero, W Ji… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Clade 2.3. 4.4 b H5N1 is causing an unprecedented outbreak in dairy cows in the
United States. To understand if recent H5N1 viruses are changing their receptor use, we …

Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan shield reveals implications for immune recognition

OC Grant, D Montgomery, K Ito, RJ Woods - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Here we have generated 3D structures of glycoforms of the spike (S) glycoprotein from
SARS-CoV-2, based on reported 3D structures and glycomics data for the protein produced …

A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors

TH Lin, X Zhu, S Wang, D Zhang, R McBride, W Yu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3. 4.4 b bovine influenza
H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to …

Deep mutational scanning of H5 hemagglutinin to inform influenza virus surveillance

B Dadonaite, JJ Ahn, JT Ort, J Yu, C Furey… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
H5 influenza is considered a potential pandemic threat. Recently, H5 viruses belonging to
clade 2.3. 4.4 b have caused large outbreaks in avian and multiple nonhuman mammalian …

Advances in glycoside and oligosaccharide synthesis

CJ Crawford, PH Seeberger - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural complexity of glycans poses a serious challenge in the chemical synthesis of
glycosides, oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Glycan complexity, determined by …

Trimeric HIV-1-Env structures define glycan shields from clades A, B, and G

GBE Stewart-Jones, C Soto, T Lemmin, GY Chuang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Summary The HIV-1-envelope (Env) trimer is covered by a glycan shield of∼ 90 N-linked
oligosaccharides, which comprises roughly half its mass and is a key component of HIV …

Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets

M Imai, T Watanabe, M Hatta, SC Das, M Ozawa… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses occasionally infect humans, but currently
do not transmit efficiently among humans. The viral haemagglutinin (HA) protein is a known …

Antibody responses to viral infections: a structural perspective across three different enveloped viruses

CD Murin, IA Wilson, AB Ward - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Antibodies serve as critical barriers to viral infection. Humoral immunity to a virus is achieved
through the dual role of antibodies in communicating the presence of invading pathogens in …