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ReviewInterface focus2019

Structural features underlying recognition and translocation of extracellular polysaccharides.

Jochen Zimmer

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Review in Interface focus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jochen ZimmerUniversity of Virginia, 480 Ray C. Hunt Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8423-2882

Funding

Mechanism of Cellulose Synthesis and Transport Across Biological MembranesR01GM101001 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ZIMMER, JOCHEN · 2012 to 2021
$3.7M
Molecular Biology of Hyaluronan BiosynthesisR01GM110143 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ZIMMER, JOCHEN · 2015 to 2018
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101001NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essentially all living systems produce complex carbohydrates as an energy source, structural component, protective coat or adhesive for cell attachment. Many polysaccharides are displayed on the cell surface or are threaded through proteinaceous tunnels for degradation. Dictated by their chemical composition and mode of polymerization, the physical properties of complex carbohydrates differ substantially, from amphipathic water-insoluble polymers to highly hydrated hydrogel-forming macromolecules. Accordingly, diverse recognition and translocation mechanisms evolved to transport polysaccharides to their final destinations. This review will summarize and compare diverse polysaccharide transport mechanisms implicated in the biosynthesis and degradation of cell surface polymers in pro- and eukaryotes.

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complex carbohydratemembrane transportpolysaccharidetransporter

Identifiers

PMID30842868
PMCPMC6388025

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