Elucidating the glycan-binding specificity and structure of Cucumis melo agglutinin, a new R-type lectin

• Jon Lundstrøm,
• Emilie Gillon,
• Valérie Chazalet,
• Nicole Kerekes,
• Antonio Di Maio,
• Ten Feizi,
• Yan Liu,
• Annabelle Varrot and
• Daniel Bojar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 306–320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.31

• , these substructures occurred in many different contexts, such as blood group H, LacdiNAc, or the Sda motif, and particularly in sequences resembling O-glycans, milk oligosaccharides, and glycosphingolipids. At first glance, these two binding specificities may seem unconnected, indicating a rather

• Experimental section)). In part, this is reminiscent to the LacdiNAc binding specificity of Clitocybe nebularis lectin (CNL; Figure 1a) [27]. An important finding from the ICL array was that CMA1 exhibited robust binding to glycosaminoglycans (GAGs; Figure 2e; Supporting Information File 1, table “imperial

• galactose that is preferentially presented in a β-configuration, enables it to bind to a range of biologically relevant epitopes, such as LacdiNAc, Sda, blood group H, and chondroitin sulfate motifs. Further, the inhibition of binding by the presence of Lewis antigen motifs additionally narrows it binding

Synthesis of the 3’-O-sulfated TF antigen with a TEG-N₃ linker for glycodendrimersomes preparation to study lectin binding

• Mark Reihill,
• Hanyue Ma,
• Dennis Bengtsson and
• Stefan Oscarson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 173–180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.17

• project with groups from Universities in Munich and Pennsylvania we are investigating carbohydrate–lectin interactions using programmable glycodendrimersomes based on synthetic glycans. We have earlier synthesized 2-[2-(2-azidoethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl (TEG-N3) glycosides of lactose, 3’-Su-lactose and LacdiNAc

A systems-based framework to computationally describe putative transcription factors and signaling pathways regulating glycan biosynthesis

• Theodore Groth,
• Rudiyanto Gunawan and
• Sriram Neelamegham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1712–1724, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.119

• community. In the third community, O-linked mannose and LacdiNAc synthesis were disproportionately regulated. Overall, the pathway maps suggest that chromatin remodeling enzymes could potentially play roles in regulating glycan synthesis in luminal breast cancer. Like luminal, basal breast cancer TF

• -glycans, O-glycans and glycolipids. 18) ABO blood group synthesis: these are enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of ABO antigens. 19) LacDiNAc: glycogenes involved in the synthesis of LacDiNac structures. 20) Sulfated glycan epitopes: this includes the enzymes attaching sulfate to different types of

Chemo-enzymatic modification of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) based on galactose oxidase treatment

• Christiane E. Kupper,
• Ruben R. Rosencrantz,
• Birgit Henßen,
• Helena Pelantová,
• Stephan Thönes,
• Anna Drozdová,
• Vladimir Křen and
• Lothar Elling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 712–725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.80

• modification of terminal galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine residues of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) by galactose oxidase. Product formation starting from different poly-LacNAc oligomers was characterised and optimised regarding formation of the C6

• oligomers containing terminally and/or internally modified galactose residues were obtained, which can be used for binding studies and various other applications. Keywords: chemo-enzymatic synthesis; galactose oxidase; glycosyltransferase; LacDiNAc; poly-N-acetyllactosamine; Introduction N

• ][5]. Poly-LacNAc itself was identified as a recognition motif of galectins, which are an important class of mammalian lectins [6][7]. Another LacNAc related epitope is LacDiNAc (GalNAcβ1,4GlcNAc), which is especially well-known from parasitic nematodes and trematodes [8][9]. In humans, LacDiNAc