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ReviewNature chemical biology2008

Chemical approaches to understanding O-GlcNAc glycosylation in the brain.

Jessica E Rexach, Peter M Clark, Linda C Hsieh-Wilson

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Review in Nature chemical biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Glycosylation in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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  7. Multi-faceted regulation of CREB family transcription factors.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024
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  9. O-GlcNAcylation promotes cerebellum development and medulloblastoma oncogenesis via SHH signaling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  13. C2-ketonylation of carbohydratesChemical science · 2022
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  16. Native detection of proteinThe Analyst · 2020
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  18. O-GlcNAcylation of core components of the translation initiation machinery regulates protein synthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica E RexachDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Peter M Clark
Linda C Hsieh-Wilson
California Institute of Technology · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Role of Fucosyl Saccharides and O-GlcNAc Glycosylation in Neuronal CommunicationR01GM084724 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HSIEH-WILSON, LINDA C · 2007 to 2016
$3.6M
The story of methyl-CpG binding protein 2 glycosylationF31NS056525 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI REXACH, JESSICA E · 2006 to 2009
$93k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084724NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS056525NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS056525-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

O-GlcNAc glycosylation is a unique, dynamic form of glycosylation found on intracellular proteins of all multicellular organisms. Studies suggest that O-GlcNAc represents a key regulatory modification in the brain, contributing to transcriptional regulation, neuronal communication and neurodegenerative disease. Recently, several new chemical tools have been developed to detect and study the modification, including chemoenzymatic tagging methods, quantitative proteomics strategies and small-molecule inhibitors of O-GlcNAc enzymes. Here we highlight some of the emerging roles for O-GlcNAc in the nervous system and describe how chemical tools have significantly advanced our understanding of the scope, functional significance and cellular dynamics of this modification.

Indexed as

AcetylglucosamineAcetylglucosaminidaseAnimalsBrainGlycosylationHumansN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesProteomeAcetylglucosamineAcetylglucosaminidaseN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesProteome

Identifiers

PMID18202679
PMCPMC3250351
OpenAlexW2048212725

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