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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2026

Chemical Synthesis of Homogeneous Glycoproteins for the Elucidation of Glycan Functions.

Ankit Kumar, Yanbo Liu, Yuta Maki, Yasuhiro Kajihara

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ankit KumarDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Yanbo LiuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Yuta MakiDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Yasuhiro KajiharaDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan. kajihara@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp.

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Abstract

To achieve the synthesis of glycoproteins with homogeneous N-glycans, advanced chemical synthetic methods have been developed. Solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) was optimized specifically for the production of acid-labile glycopeptides. A semisynthetic method for obtaining homogeneous N-glycans has also been developed, involving their isolation from egg yolk. The resulting glycopeptides, along with other peptides, can be coupled in aqueous solution through native chemical ligation (NCL). Furthermore, the final folding of glycoproteins was studied to produce homogeneous glycoproteins. Using these homogeneous glycoproteins, the functions of N-glycans have been evaluated. This review highlights the development of the synthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins and their applications.

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GlycoproteinsPolysaccharidesAnimalsGlycopeptidesGlycosylationHumansProtein FoldingSolid-Phase Synthesis TechniquesGlycopeptidesGlycoproteinsPolysaccharidesGlycopeptideGlycoproteinNative chemical ligationN-glycanProtein folding

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PMID41917417

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