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ArticleGlycobiology2023

Cataloging natural sialic acids and other nonulosonic acids (NulOs), and their representation using the Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans.

Amanda L Lewis, Philip Toukach, Evan Bolton, Xi Chen, Martin Frank, Thomas Lütteke, Yuriy Knirel, Ian Schoenhofen, Ajit Varki, Evgeny Vinogradov and 6 more

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 11 institutions in 6 countries.

Amanda L LewisDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6195-3030
Philip ToukachN.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-9887-8919
Evan BoltonNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Xi ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3160-614X
Martin FrankBiognos AB, Generatorsgatan 1/Box 8963, 402 74 Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1006-6746
Thomas LüttekeInstitute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 100, 35392 Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7140-9933
Yuriy KnirelN.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Ian SchoenhofenHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A OR6, Canada.
Ajit VarkiDepartment of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Evgeny VinogradovHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A OR6, Canada.
Robert J WoodsComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Natasha ZacharaDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Jian ZhangNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Johannis P KamerlingBijvoet Center, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sriram NeelameghamDepartment of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1371-8500
SNFG Discussion Group
National Institutes of Health · USNational Research Council Canada · CAN.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry · RUUniversity of California San Diego · USBiognos (Sweden) · SEJohns Hopkins University · USJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DEUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Georgia · USUtrecht University · NL

Funding

National Biomedical Information ServicesZIHLM200888 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI PALTOO, DINA · 2009 to 2025
$5200.7M
Protein Glycosylation in the Coagulopathy and Inflammation of SepsisP01HL131474 · NHLBI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI ESKO, JEFFREY D · 2016 to 2025
$26.2M
GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE FUNCTION IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASER01DK048247 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JAMEY MARTH · 1994 to 2026
$9.4M
Systems Biology of GlycosylationR01HL103411 · NHLBI · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI NEELAMEGHAM, SRIRAM · 2011 to 2025
$7.1M
BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION OF SUBSTITUTED SIALIC ACIDSR01GM032373 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI VARKI, AJIT P · 1985 to 2022
$6.9M
Protein Sialylation and De-Sialyation in Cell Surface Glycoprotein Homeostasis and DiseaseR01AI151371 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI MARTH, JAMEY · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131474NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103411NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI151371NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK048247NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonulosonic acids or non-2-ulosonic acids (NulOs) are an ancient family of 2-ketoaldonic acids (α-ketoaldonic acids) with a 9-carbon backbone. In nature, these monosaccharides occur either in a 3-deoxy form (referred to as "sialic acids") or in a 3,9-dideoxy "sialic-acid-like" form. The former sialic acids are most common in the deuterostome lineage, including vertebrates, and mimicked by some of their pathogens. The latter sialic-acid-like molecules are found in bacteria and archaea. NulOs are often prominently positioned at the outermost tips of cell surface glycans, and have many key roles in evolution, biology and disease. The diversity of stereochemistry and structural modifications among the NulOs contributes to more than 90 sialic acid forms and 50 sialic-acid-like variants described thus far in nature. This paper reports the curation of these diverse naturally occurring NulOs at the NCBI sialic acid page (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/glycans/sialic.html) as part of the NCBI-Glycans initiative. This includes external links to relevant Carbohydrate Structure Databases. As the amino and hydroxyl groups of these monosaccharides are extensively derivatized by various substituents in nature, the Symbol Nomenclature For Glycans (SNFG) rules have been expanded to represent this natural diversity. These developments help illustrate the natural diversity of sialic acids and related NulOs, and enable their systematic representation in publications and online resources.

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N-Acetylneuraminic AcidSialic AcidsAnimalsCatalogingMonosaccharidesPolysaccharidesMonosaccharidesN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPolysaccharidesSialic Acidsglycansnonulosonic acidNulOsialic acidsymbol nomenclature

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PMID36648443
PMCPMC9990982
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