Glycosidase-targeting small molecules for biological and therapeutic applications

Y Kim, H Li, J Choi, J Boo, H Jo, JY Hyun… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycosidases are ubiquitous enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of glycosidic linkages in
oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. These enzymes play a vital role in a wide variety of …

GM2 gangliosidoses: clinical features, pathophysiological aspects, and current therapies

AF Leal, E Benincore-Flórez, D Solano-Galarza… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
GM2 gangliosidoses are a group of pathologies characterized by GM2 ganglioside
accumulation into the lysosome due to mutations on the genes encoding for the β …

Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization

NJ Henning, L Boike, JN Spradlin, CC Ward… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Many diseases are driven by proteins that are aberrantly ubiquitinated and degraded. These
diseases would be therapeutically benefited by targeted protein stabilization (TPS). Here we …

Chaperone therapy in Fabry disease

F Weidemann, A Jovanovic, K Herrmann… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal multisystem storage disorder induced by a mutation
in the alpha-galactosidase A (GLA) gene. Reduced activity or deficiency of alpha …

Galactosemia: Biochemistry, molecular genetics, newborn screening, and treatment

M Succoio, R Sacchettini, A Rossi, G Parenti… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Galactosemia is an inborn disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by the
inability to metabolize galactose, a sugar contained in milk (the main source of nourishment …

X chromosome inactivation in carriers of Fabry disease: review and meta-analysis

E Viggiano, L Politano - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anderson-Fabry disease is an X-linked inborn error of glycosphingolipid catabolism caused
by a deficiency of α-galactosidase A. The incidence ranges between 1: 40,000 and 1 …

Acute intermittent porphyria: an overview of therapy developments and future perspectives focusing on stabilisation of HMBS and proteostasis regulators

HJ Bustad, JP Kallio, M Vorland, V Fiorentino… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease with low
clinical penetrance, caused by mutations in the hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) …

Congenital disorders of glycosylation: narration of a story through its patents

M Monticelli, T D'Onofrio, J Jaeken, E Morava… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Congenital disorders of glycosylation are a group of more than 160 rare genetic defects in
protein and lipid glycosylation. Since the first clinical report in 1980 of PMM2-CDG, the most …

A Fixable Fluorescence‐Quenched Substrate for Quantitation of Lysosomal Glucocerebrosidase Activity in Both Live and Fixed Cells

S Zhu, MC Deen, Y Zhu, PA Gilormini… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorogenic substrates are emerging tools that enable studying enzymatic processes within
their native cellular environments. However, fluorogenic substrates that function within live …

GCase enhancers: a potential therapeutic option for gaucher disease and other neurological disorders

M Martínez-Bailén, F Clemente, C Matassini… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceutical chaperones (PCs) are small compounds able to bind and stabilize
misfolded proteins, allowing them to recover their native folding and thus their biological …