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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2013

'Naked' and hydrated conformers of the conserved core pentasaccharide of N-linked glycoproteins and its building blocks.

Conor S Barry, Emilio J Cocinero, Pierre Carçabal, David P Gamblin, E Cristina Stanca-Kaposta, Sarah M Remmert, María C Fernández-Alonso, Svemir Rudić, John P Simons, Benjamin G Davis

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Conor S BarryDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.
Emilio J Cocinero
Pierre Carçabal
David P Gamblin
E Cristina Stanca-Kaposta
Sarah M Remmert
María C Fernández-Alonso
Svemir Rudić
John P Simons
Benjamin G Davis
University of Oxford · GBCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESUniversité Paris-Sud · FR

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E004350/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council EGA17763
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-glycosylation of eukaryotic proteins is widespread and vital to survival. The pentasaccharide unit -Man3GlcNAc2- lies at the protein-junction core of all oligosaccharides attached to asparagine side chains during this process. Although its absolute conservation implies an indispensable role, associated perhaps with its structure, its unbiased conformation and the potential modulating role of solvation are unknown; both have now been explored through a combination of synthesis, laser spectroscopy, and computation. The proximal -GlcNAc-GlcNAc- unit acts as a rigid rod, while the central, and unusual, -Man-β-1,4-GlcNAc- linkage is more flexible and is modulated by the distal Man-α-1,3- and Man-α-1,6- branching units. Solvation stiffens the 'rod' but leaves the distal residues flexible, through a β-Man pivot, ensuring anchored projection from the protein shell while allowing flexible interaction of the distal portion of N-glycosylation with bulk water and biomolecular assemblies.

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AsparagineCarbohydrate ConformationCarbohydrate SequenceGlycoproteinsGlycosylationModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataOligosaccharidesAsparagineGlycoproteinsMan(3)GlcNAc(2)Oligosaccharides

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PMID24127839
PMCPMC3901393
OpenAlexW2117427356

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