The astounding world of glycans from giant viruses

I Speciale, A Notaro, C Abergel, R Lanzetta… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Viruses are a heterogeneous ensemble of entities, all sharing the need for a suitable host to
replicate. They are extremely diverse, varying in morphology, size, nature, and complexity of …

[HTML][HTML] Chloroviruses

JL Van Etten, IV Agarkova, DD Dunigan - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chloroviruses are large dsDNA, plaque-forming viruses that infect certain chlorella-like
green algae; the algae are normally mutualistic endosymbionts of protists and metazoans …

Synthesis of N‐Glycosides by Silver‐Assisted Gold Catalysis

S Chakraborty, B Mishra, P Kumar Das… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of N‐glycosides from stable glycosyl donors in a catalytic fashion is still
challenging, though they exist ubiquitously in DNA, RNA, glycoproteins, and other biological …

NEGATIVE ION MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF N‐LINKED GLYCANS

DJ Harvey - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
N‐glycans from glycoproteins are complex, branched structures whose structural
determination presents many analytical problems. Mass spectrometry, usually conducted in …

Impact of glycosylation on viral vaccines

A Lembo, A Molinaro, C De Castro, F Berti… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is the most prominent modification important for vaccines and its specific
pattern depends on several factors that need to be considered when develo** a new …

Carbohydrate-mediated interactions between chloroviruses and the immune system

I Speciale, A Notaro, S Bruijns, Y van Kooyk… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the molecular mechanisms which drive and modulate host-pathogen
interactions are essential when designing effective therapeutic and diagnostic approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Chloroviruses have a sweet tooth

JL Van Etten, I Agarkova, DD Dunigan, M Tonetti… - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chloroviruses are large double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses that infect certain isolates of
chlorella-like green algae. They contain up to approximately 400 protein-encoding genes …

Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2015–2016

DJ Harvey - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review is the ninth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to the analysis of …

Structure of the chlorovirus PBCV-1 major capsid glycoprotein determined by combining crystallographic and carbohydrate molecular modeling approaches

C De Castro, T Klose, I Speciale, R Lanzetta… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
The glycans of the major capsid protein (Vp54) of Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus
(PBCV-1) were recently described and found to be unusual. This prompted a reexamination …

[HTML][HTML] The autonomous glycosylation of large DNA viruses

F Piacente, M Gaglianone, ME Laugieri… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Glycosylation of surface molecules is a key feature of several eukaryotic viruses, which use
the host endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi apparatus to add carbohydrates to their nascent …