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ArticleNature communications2025

GLYCO-BUILD: an enzymatic pipeline for the synthesis of peptides carrying eukaryotic N-glycans.

Lorenzo Rossi, J Andrew N Alexander, Ana S Ramírez, Kaspar P Locher

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Lorenzo Rossi *Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6051-3260
J Andrew N Alexander *Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-1389
Ana S Ramírez *Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-0721
Kaspar P LocherInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland. locher@mol.biol.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8207-2889

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 196862Wellcome Trust 220007
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Abstract

Peptides and proteins containing defined N-glycans hold great promise for biomedicine because the attached glycans engage in specific interactions, influence targeted delivery and folding, and improve pharmacokinetic properties. However, challenges associated with producing homogeneous N-glycoconjugates hinder their wider application. Here, we report the development of GLYCO-BUILD, an enzymatic pipeline that can generate glycopeptides carrying eukaryotic N-glycans at a level of homogeneity not accessible by alternative methodologies. The pipeline recapitulates the endoplasmic reticulum-based steps of the eukaryotic protein N-glycosylation machinery. However, it employs a combination of enzymes of archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryotic origin that are able to process inexpensive phytol instead of the native dolichol as a lipid carrier. GLYCO-BUILD facilitates the synthesis of homogeneous N-glycans ranging from GlcNAc

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GlycopeptidesHexosyltransferasesPeptidesPolysaccharidesGlycosylationMembrane Proteinsdolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide - protein glycotransferaseGlycopeptidesHexosyltransferasesMembrane ProteinsPeptidesPolysaccharides

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PMID41318602
PMCPMC12796225

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