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ArticleGlycobiology2006

Two categories of mammalian galactose-binding receptors distinguished by glycan array profiling.

Peter J Coombs, Maureen E Taylor, Kurt Drickamer

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Article in Glycobiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter J CoombsDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Maureen E Taylor
Kurt Drickamer
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Structural Basis of Immune Recognition of Glycosylated AntigensU54GM062116 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SASISEKHARAN, RAM · 2001 to 2010
$80.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM62116NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM062116Wellcome Trust 075565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Profiling of the four known galactose-binding receptors in the C-type lectin family has been undertaken in parallel on a glycan array. The results are generally consistent with those of previous assays using various different formats, but they provide a direct comparison of the properties of the four receptors, revealing that they fall into two distinct groups. The major subunit of the rat asialoglycoprotein receptor and the rat Kupffer cell receptor show similar broad preferences for GalNAc-terminated glycans, while the rat macrophage galactose lectin and the human scavenger receptor C-type lectin (SRCL) bind more restricted sets of glycans. Both of these receptors bind to Lewis x-type structures, but the macrophage galactose lectin also interacts strongly with biantennary galactose- and GalNAc-terminated glycans. Although the similar glycan-binding profiles for the asialoglycoprotein receptor and the Kupffer cell receptor might suggest that these receptors are functionally redundant, analysis of fibroblasts transfected with full-length Kupffer cell receptor reveals that they fail to endocytose glycosylated ligand.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAsialoglycoprotein ReceptorBinding SitesCell LineDNA, ComplementaryFibroblastsFucoseGalactoseHumansLigandsMacrophagesMolecular Sequence DataPolysaccharidesProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryAsialoglycoprotein ReceptorDNA, ComplementaryFucoseGalactoseLigandsPolysaccharidesReceptors, Cell SurfaceScavenger Receptors, Class C

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PMID16670103
PMCPMC1751483
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