Amide bond activation of biological molecules

S Mahesh, KC Tang, M Raj - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Amide bonds are the most prevalent structures found in organic molecules and various
biomolecules such as peptides, proteins, DNA, and RNA. The unique feature of amide …

Structural characterization of the O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes: insights into substrate recognition and catalytic mechanisms

CM Joiner, H Li, J Jiang, S Walker - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•O-GlcNAc modification of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins is critical in metazoan
biology.•The enzymes OGT and OGA attach and remove O-GlcNAc, respectively.•OGT also …

[HTML][HTML] A cold-stress-inducible PERK/OGT axis controls TOM70-assisted mitochondrial protein import and cristae formation

P Latorre-Muro, KE O'Malley, CF Bennett, EA Perry… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
The architecture of cristae provides a spatial mitochondrial organization that contains
functional respiratory complexes. Several protein components including OPA1 and MICOS …

Structure-based evolution of low nanomolar O-GlcNAc transferase inhibitors

SES Martin, ZW Tan, HM Itkonen… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Reversible glycosylation of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins is an important regulatory
mechanism across metazoans. One enzyme, O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase …

Mammalian cell proliferation requires noncatalytic functions of O-GlcNAc transferase

ZG Levine, SC Potter, CM Joiner… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), found in the nucleus and cytoplasm of all mammalian cell
types, is essential for cell proliferation. Why OGT is required for cell growth is not known …

Identification and characterization of a missense mutation in the O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase gene that segregates with X-linked …

K Vaidyanathan, T Niranjan, N Selvan, CF Teo… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
O-GlcNAc is a regulatory post-translational modification of nucleocytoplasmic proteins that
has been implicated in multiple biological processes, including transcription. In humans …

Mutations in N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase in patients with X-linked intellectual disability

AP Willems, M Gundogdu, MJE Kempers… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
N-Acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) regulates protein O-GlcNAcylation, an
essential and dynamic post-translational modification. The O-GlcNAc modification is present …

Sequence-selective decapeptide synthesis by the parallel operation of two artificial molecular machines

J Echavarren, MAY Gall, A Haertsch… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report on the preparation of a decapeptide through the parallel operation of two rotaxane-
based molecular machines. The synthesis proceeds in four stages:(1) simultaneous …

Identification of a Polypeptide Inhibitor of O-GlcNAc Transferase with Picomolar Affinity

FA Hammel, NC Payne, VM Marando… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is an essential mammalian enzyme that binds thousands of
different proteins, including substrates that it glycosylates and nonsubstrate interactors that …

Discovery of a low toxicity O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) inhibitor by structure-based virtual screening of natural products

Y Liu, Y Ren, Y Cao, H Huang, Q Wu, W Li, S Wu… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) plays an important role in regulating numerous cellular
processes through reversible post-translational modification of nuclear and cytoplasmic …