Cycling of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine on nucleocytoplasmic proteins

GW Hart, MP Housley, C Slawson - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
All animals and plants dynamically attach and remove O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-
GlcNAc) at serine and threonine residues on myriad nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. O …

Hexosamines, insulin resistance, and the complications of diabetes: current status

MG Buse - American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) is a relatively minor branch of glycolysis.
Fructose 6-phosphate is converted to glucosamine 6-phosphate, catalyzed by the first and …

Role of skeletal muscle in insulin resistance and glucose uptake

KE Merz, DC Thurmond - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body, by mass. It is also the regulator of
glucose homeostasis, responsible for 80% of postprandial glucose uptake from the …

Cell signaling, the essential role of O-GlcNAc!

NE Zachara, GW Hart - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2006 - Elsevier
An increasing body of evidence points to a central regulatory role for glucose in mediating
cellular processes and expands the role of glucose well beyond its traditional role (s) in …

O-GlcNAcase Uses Substrate-assisted Catalysis: Kineticanalysis And Development Of Highly Selective Mechanism-Inspiredinhibitors

MS Macauley, GE Whitworth, AW Debowski… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
The post-translational modification of serine and threonine residues ofnucleocytoplasmic
proteins with 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranose (GlcNAc) is a reversible process …

Roles of O-GlcNAc in chronic diseases of aging

PS Banerjee, O Lagerlöf, GW Hart - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
O-GlcNAcylation, a dynamic nutrient and stress sensitive post-translational modification,
occurs on myriad proteins in the cell nucleus, cytoplasm and mitochondria. O-GlcNAcylation …

O-GlcNAc modification in diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

WB Dias, GW Hart - Molecular BioSystems, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Similar to phosphorylation, O-GlcNAcylation (or simply GlcNAcylation) is an abundant,
dynamic, and inducible post-translational modification. In some cases, GlcNAcylation and …

NFκB activation is associated with its O-GlcNAcylation state under hyperglycemic conditions

WH Yang, SY Park, HW Nam, DH Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The transcription factor NFκB is activated by phosphorylation and acetylation and plays
important roles in inflammatory and immune responses in the cell. Additionally …

Cross-talk between GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation: roles in insulin resistance and glucose toxicity

RJ Copeland, JW Bullen… - American Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a dynamic posttranslational modification that,
analogous to phosphorylation, cycles on and off serine and/or threonine hydroxyl groups …

A Caenorhabditis elegans model of insulin resistance: Altered macronutrient storage and dauer formation in an OGT-1 knockout

JA Hanover, ME Forsythe… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an evolutionarily conserved modification of
nuclear pore proteins, signaling kinases, and transcription factors. The O-GlcNAc …