Glycoproteins: glycan presentation and protein-fold stability

Structure. 1999 Jul 15;7(7):R155-60. doi: 10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80095-1.

Abstract

Glycosylation of proteins has been shown to play a role in a variety of cellular events. Thanks to recent advances in obtaining conformational constraints across glycosidic linkages, structural characterisation of glycoproteins has improved considerably. It is now becoming apparent that N-glycosylation of a folded protein can have a significant stabilising effect on large regions of the backbone structure.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Glycoproteins / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Protein Folding*

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Polysaccharides