Skip to main content

Other Types of Glycosylation

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
The Role of Glycosylation in Health and Disease

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 1325))

Abstract

O-Linked glycosylation such as O-fucose, O-glucose, and O-N-acetylglucosamine are considered to be unusual. As suggested by the high levels of evolutional conservation, these O-glycans are fundamentally important for life. In the last two decades, our understanding of the importance of these glycans has greatly advanced. In particular, identification of the glycosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis of these glycans has accelerated basic research on the functional significance and molecular mechanisms by which these O-glycans regulate protein functions as well as clinical research on human diseases due to changes in these types of O-glycosylation. Notably, Notch receptor signaling is modified with and regulated by these types of O-glycans. Here, we summarize the current view of the structures and the significance of these O-glycans mainly in the context of Notch signaling regulation and human diseases.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Prof. Tetsuya Okajima, Dr. Hiroki Hashiguchi, and the members of the Takeuchi group for their critical comments on this manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hideyuki Takeuchi .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Ethics declarations

Funding

The original work introduced in this chapter was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant numbers JP19H03176, JP19K22490, and JP19KK0195 (to H.T.).

Disclosure of Interests

All authors declare they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

This article does not contain any studies with animals or human participants performed by any of the authors.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Tsukamoto, Y., Takeuchi, H. (2021). Other Types of Glycosylation. In: Lauc, G., Trbojević-Akmačić, I. (eds) The Role of Glycosylation in Health and Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1325. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70115-4_5

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics