Sulfated Glycoconjugates Biosynthesis, Control, and Regulation
Regulation Glycobiology What do we know? Complex mechanism of regulation Ongoing research What do we know? Proteoglycans require O-linked glycosylation Biosynthesis occurs in ER and GA Tetrasaccharide linkage unique to proteoglycans Unique linear, unbranched Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Sulfation and other modifications occur at the end of proteoglycan synthesis
Proteoglygan structure
Route of proteoglycan synthesis
Tetrasaccharide linkgage
UDP-GlcA Transferase I Mechanism
Heparan Sulfate/Heparin
Heparan Sulfate/Heparin Know sulfation mechanism, catalyze the inversion of stereochemistry in biological molecules
Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate
Keratan Sulfate
Ongoing Research Still unclear: How serine is selected What factors determine how long GAG chains polymerize Organization of the enzymes of the GA compartment and how they are regulated
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