Issue 10, 2013

Chemical assembly of N-glycoproteins: a refined toolbox to address a ubiquitous posttranslational modification

Abstract

Incremental developments in the chemistry of peptides, proteins and carbohydrates have enabled researchers to assemble entire glycoproteins with high precision. Based on sophisticated ligation chemistries pure glycoproteins bearing a single glycosylation pattern have become available. The impact of N-glycosylation on the function of glycoproteins is generally recognized but not well understood. Based on the recent advances in the synthesis of glycoproteins by chemical methods researchers can finally start to elucidate the various roles of carbohydrates in complex biomolecules in detail.

Graphical abstract: Chemical assembly of N-glycoproteins: a refined toolbox to address a ubiquitous posttranslational modification

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
28 Nov 2012
First published
13 Feb 2013

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 4408-4420

Chemical assembly of N-glycoproteins: a refined toolbox to address a ubiquitous posttranslational modification

C. Unverzagt and Y. Kajihara, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4408 DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35485G

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