Chemical biology of glycoproteins: From chemical synthesis to biological impact

Recent advances have demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of chemical synthesis for the production of homogeneously glycosylated protein forms (glycoforms). By taking advantage of the unmatchable flexibility and precision provided by chemical synthesis, the quantitative effects of glycosylati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Methods in enzymology 2019, Vol.621, p.213-229
Hauptverfasser: Li, Yaohao, Tran, Amy H, Danishefsky, Samuel J, Tan, Zhongping
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Recent advances have demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of chemical synthesis for the production of homogeneously glycosylated protein forms (glycoforms). By taking advantage of the unmatchable flexibility and precision provided by chemical synthesis, the quantitative effects of glycosylation were obtained using chemical glycobiology approaches. These findings greatly advanced our fundamental knowledge of glycosylation. More importantly, analysis of these findings has led to the development of glycoengineering guidelines for rationally improving the properties of peptides and proteins. In this chapter, we present the key experimental steps for chemical biology studies of protein glycosylation, with the aim of facilitating and promoting research in this important but significantly underexplored area of biology.
ISSN:0076-6879
1557-7988
DOI:10.1016/bs.mie.2019.02.030