Site-selective modification strategies in antibody–drug conjugates

SJ Walsh, JD Bargh, FM Dannheim… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) harness the highly specific targeting capabilities of an
antibody to deliver a cytotoxic payload to specific cell types. They have garnered …

Glycoconjugates: synthesis, functional studies, and therapeutic developments

SS Shivatare, VS Shivatare, CH Wong - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoconjugates are major constituents of mammalian cells that are formed via covalent
conjugation of carbohydrates to other biomolecules like proteins and lipids and often …

Disease manifestations and pathogenic mechanisms of group A Streptococcus

MJ Walker, TC Barnett, JD McArthur… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes mild human
infections such as pharyngitis and impetigo and serious infections such as necrotizing …

Chemoenzymatic methods for the synthesis of glycoproteins

C Li, LX Wang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Glycosylation is one of the most prevalent posttranslational modifications that profoundly
affects the structure and functions of proteins in a wide variety of biological recognition …

Chemoenzymatic conjugation of toxic payloads to the globally conserved N-glycan of native mAbs provides homogeneous and highly efficacious antibody–drug …

R Van Geel, MA Wijdeven, R Heesbeen… - Bioconjugate …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A robust, generally applicable, nongenetic technology is presented to convert monoclonal
antibodies into stable and homogeneous ADCs. Starting from a native (nonengineered) …

Influence of N-glycosylation on effector functions and thermal stability of glycoengineered IgG1 monoclonal antibody with homogeneous glycoforms

R Wada, M Matsui, N Kawasaki - MAbs, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Glycosylation of the conserved asparagine residue in each heavy chain of IgG in the CH2
domain is known as N-glycosylation. It is one of the most common post-translational …

Complex N-glycan breakdown by gut Bacteroides involves an extensive enzymatic apparatus encoded by multiple co-regulated genetic loci

J Briliūtė, PA Urbanowicz, AS Luis, A Baslé… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Glycans are the major carbon sources available to the human colonic microbiota. Numerous
N-glycosylated proteins are found in the human gut, from both dietary and host sources …

The ENGases: versatile biocatalysts for the production of homogeneous N-linked glycopeptides and glycoproteins

AJ Fairbanks - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) are an enzyme class (EC 3.2. 1.96)
produced by a range of organisms, ranging from bacteria, through fungi, to higher order …

Glycoengineering of antibodies for modulating functions

LX Wang, X Tong, C Li, JP Giddens… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Antibodies are immunoglobulins that play essential roles in immune systems. All antibodies
are glycoproteins that carry at least one or more conserved N-linked oligosaccharides (N …

Pathogen-driven degradation of endogenous and therapeutic antibodies during streptococcal infections

AG Toledo, E Bratanis, E Velásquez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a major bacterial pathogen responsible for both local and
systemic infections in humans. The molecular mechanisms that contribute to disease …