Monitoring carbohydrate 3D structure quality with the Privateer database
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20, P. 931 - 939
Published: April 24, 2024
The
remediation
of
the
carbohydrate
data
Protein
Data
Bank
(PDB)
has
brought
numerous
enhancements
to
findability
and
interpretability
deposited
glycan
structures,
yet
crucial
quality
indicators
are
either
missing
or
hard
find
on
PDB
pages.
Without
a
way
access
wider
glycochemical
context,
problematic
structures
may
be
taken
as
fact
by
keen
but
inexperienced
scientists.
Privateer
software
is
validation
analysis
tool
that
provides
number
metrics
links
external
experimental
resources,
allowing
users
evaluate
using
carbohydrate-specific
methods.
Here,
we
present
database,
free
resource
aims
complement
growing
content
PDB.
Language: Английский
Diaminocyclopentane – l-Lysine Adducts: Potent and selective inhibitors of human O-GlcNAcase
Bioorganic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
148, P. 107452 - 107452
Published: May 13, 2024
A
new
class
of
compounds,
namely
highly
substituted
diaminocyclopentane-l-lysine
adducts,
have
been
discovered
as
potent
inhibitors
O-GlcNAcase,
an
enzyme
crucial
for
protein
de-O-glycosylation.
These
exhibit
exceptional
selectivity
and
reversibility
are
the
first
example
human
O-GlcNAcase
that
structurally
related
to
transition
state
rate-limiting
step
with
"aglycon"
still
in
bond-length
proximity.
The
ease
their
preparation,
remarkable
biological
activities,
stability,
non-toxicity
make
them
promising
candidates
development
anti-tau-phosphorylation
agents
holding
significant
potential
treatment
Alzheimer's
disease.
Language: Английский
The non-catalytic domains of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes present new opportunities for function-specific control
Chia‐Wei Hu,
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Ke Wang,
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Jiaoyang Jiang
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et al.
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
81, P. 102476 - 102476
Published: June 12, 2024
Language: Английский
Mechanism of PARP1 Elongation Reaction Revealed by Molecular Modeling
Sergey V. Pushkarev,
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Evgeny Kirilin,
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Vytas K. Švedas
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et al.
Biochemistry (Moscow),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
89(7), P. 1202 - 1210
Published: July 1, 2024
Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribose)
polymerase
1
(PARP1)
plays
a
major
role
in
the
DNA
damage
repair
and
transcriptional
regulation,
is
targeted
by
number
of
clinical
inhibitors.
Despite
this,
catalytic
mechanism
PARP1
remains
largely
underexplored
because
complex
substrate/product
structure.
Using
molecular
modeling
metadynamics
simulations
we
have
described
detail
elongation
poly(ADP-ribose)
chain
active
site.
It
was
shown
that
reaction
proceeds
via
S
N
1-like
involving
formation
intermediate
furanosyl
oxocarbenium
ion.
Intriguingly,
nucleophilic
2′
A
-OH
group
acceptor
substrate
can
be
activated
general
base
Glu988
not
directly
but
through
proton
relay
system
including
adjacent
3′
group.
Language: Английский
Opportunities for Therapeutic Modulation of O-GlcNAc
Steven S. Cheng,
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Alison Mody,
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Christina M. Woo
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et al.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(22), P. 12918 - 13019
Published: Nov. 7, 2024
O-Linked
β-N-acetylglucosamine
(O-GlcNAc)
is
an
essential,
dynamic
monosaccharide
post-translational
modification
(PTM)
found
on
serine
and
threonine
residues
of
thousands
nucleocytoplasmic
proteins.
The
installation
removal
O-GlcNAc
controlled
by
a
single
pair
enzymes,
transferase
(OGT)
O-GlcNAcase
(OGA),
respectively.
Since
its
discovery
four
decades
ago,
has
been
diverse
classes
proteins,
playing
important
functional
roles
in
many
cellular
processes.
Dysregulation
homeostasis
implicated
the
pathogenesis
disease,
including
neurodegeneration,
X-linked
intellectual
disability
(XLID),
cancer,
diabetes,
immunological
disorders.
These
foundational
studies
disease
biology
have
motivated
efforts
to
target
therapeutically,
with
multiple
clinical
candidates
under
evaluation.
In
this
review,
we
describe
characterization
biochemistry
OGT
OGA,
regulation,
development
OGA
inhibitors,
pathophysiology,
progress
modulators,
emerging
opportunities
for
targeting
O-GlcNAc.
This
comprehensive
resource
should
motivate
further
study
into
function
inspire
strategies
therapeutic
modulation
Language: Английский