Abstract
Glycosylation is the most frequent post-translational modification found in proteins. Glycoproteins are involved in a highly diverse spectrum of biological functions, ranging from protein folding and molecular and cellular recognition to attack of pathogens and regulation of biological half-life. Consequently, understanding the structural role of glycosylation provides key insight into biological processes as well as ideas for medicinal applications. Here, we review the current methodology to arrive at high-resolution structures of glycopeptides and glycoproteins. To achieve this, significant obstacles have to be overcome like preparation of sufficient amounts of sufficiently pure and homogeneous material, analyzing highly ambiguous spectroscopic data, and dealing with molecules that show local or global disorder. We will provide an overview of our knowledge of glycoprotein and glycopeptide structure, and illustrate with selected examples the performance and limitations of current methodology.
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Abbreviations
- AFGPs:
-
antifreeze glycoproteins
- BEVS:
-
baculovirus expression vectors
- BMRB:
-
BioMagResBank
- CCR:
-
cross-correlated relaxation
- CCSD:
-
Complex Carbohydrate Structure Database
- CD:
-
circular dichroism
- CFG:
-
Consortium for Functional Glycomics
- EPL:
-
expressed protein ligation
- GalT:
-
galactosyltransferase
- GnT:
-
glucosaminyltransferase
- hCG:
-
human chorionic gonadotropin
- HMBC:
-
heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation
- IgSF:
-
immune globulin superfamily
- Kdo:
-
3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid
- KEGG:
-
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
- Ley-Antigen:
-
Lewisy-antigen
- MAS:
-
magic angle spinning
- MD:
-
molecular dynamics
- NCL:
-
native chemical ligation
- NMR:
-
nuclear magnetic resonance
- NOE:
-
nuclear Overhauser enhancement
- PDB:
-
Protein Data Bank
- RDCs:
-
residual dipolar couplings
- SPPS:
-
solid-phase peptide synthesis
- SPR:
-
surface plasmon resonance
- ST:
-
sialyltransferase
- STF-Antigen:
-
sialyl-Thomsen-Friedenreich-antigen
- TF-Antigen:
-
Thomsen-Friedenreich-antigen, Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr
- Tn-Antigen:
-
Thomsen-antigen, GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr
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Meyer, B., Möller, H. (2006). Conformation of Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins. In: Wittmann, V. (eds) Glycopeptides and Glycoproteins. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 267. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2006_078
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