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ArticleMolecular bioSystems2011

Fluorescent labeling agents change binding profiles of glycan-binding proteins.

Yiyan Fei, Yung-Shin Sun, Yanhong Li, Kam Lau, Hai Yu, Harshal A Chokhawala, Shengshu Huang, James P Landry, Xi Chen, Xiangdong Zhu

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Article in Molecular bioSystems, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yiyan FeiDepartment of Physics, University of California at Davis, California 95616, USA.
Yung-Shin Sun
Yanhong Li
Kam Lau
Hai Yu
Harshal A Chokhawala
Shengshu Huang
James P Landry
Xi Chen
Xiangdong Zhu
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

High-Speed Label-Free Optical Detection System for Small-Molecule MicroarraysR01HG003827 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ZHU, XIANGDONG · 2006 to 2009
$2.2M
Studies of Naturally Occurring Structurally Modified CarbohydratesR01GM076360 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CHEN, XI · 2006 to 2010
$1.9M
Oligosaccharides as antimicrobials and prebioticsR01HD065122 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CHEN, XI · 2010 to 2013
$1.8M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG003827NHGRI NIH HHS R01HG003827NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD065122NICHD NIH HHS R01HD065122NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076360NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM076360-04S1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) with glycans are essential in cell adhesion, bacterial/viral infection, and cellular signaling pathways. Experimental characterization of these interactions based on glycan microarrays typically involves (1) labeling GBPs directly with fluorescent reagents before incubation with the microarrays, or (2) labeling GBPs with biotin before the incubation and detecting the captured GBPs after the incubation using fluorescently labeled streptavidin, or (3) detecting the captured GBPs after the incubation using fluorescently labeled antibodies raised against the GBPs. The fluorescent signal is mostly measured ex situ after excess fluorescent materials are washed off. In this study, by using a label-free optical scanner for glycan microarray detection, we measured binding curves of 7 plant lectins to 24 glycans: four β1-4-linked galactosides, three β1-3-linked galactosides, one β-linked galactoside, one α-linked N-acetylgalactosaminide, eight α2-3-linked sialosides, and seven α2-6-linked sialosides. From association and dissociation constants deduced by global-fitting the binding curves, we found that (1) labeling lectins directly with fluorescent agents change binding profiles of lectins, in some cases by orders of magnitude; (2) those lectin-glycan binding reactions characterized with large dissociation rates, though biologically relevant, are easily missed or deemed insignificant in ex situ fluorescence-based assays as most captured lectins are washed off before detection. This study highlights the importance of label-free real-time detection of protein-ligand interactions and the potential pitfall in interpreting fluorescence-based assays for characterization of protein-glycan interactions.

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Fluorescent DyesLigandsPlant LectinsPolysaccharidesProtein Array AnalysisProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsStaining and LabelingFluorescent DyesLigandsPlant LectinsPolysaccharides

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PMID22009201
PMCPMC3271732
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