A research team has investigated how mucin, a major component of the gut lining, and food-derived glycoproteins influence the growth of the bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila. By dissecting the role of ...

Many processes in the body are regulated by the functions of proteins. For example, almost all molecules—such as DNA, proteins, oligosaccharides, and small bioactive molecules—are generated by enzymes ...

PROTEINS containing carbohydrate are widely distributed in animal tissues and include such diverse compounds as serum proteins, mucins, blood-group substances, pituitary hormones and connective-tissue ...

Exactly how and why proteins and lipids are glycosylated, or modified with glycans after synthesis, remains largely unknown. The glycosylation of proteins to create glycoproteins is very common and ...

An international team has for the first time prepared homogeneous N-glycoproteins of the type produced by eukaryotic organisms, including humans, from prokaryotes. In those protein molecules, branched ...

With the background on the structure and metabolism of the carbohydrate-containing proteins presented in the first part of this review one can now consider the properties, both chemical and biologic, ...

Scientists have determined the three-dimensional structure responsible for the antifreeze action of a class of proteins in arctic fish. Known as antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs), the molecules have ...

As more and more infectious diseases emerge caused by viral pathogens, global health is endangered as never before. A striking illustration of this is provided by the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus ...