Glycotope structures and intramolecular affinity factors of plant lectins for Tn/T antigens

Pierre Rougé*, Willy J. Peumans, Els J.M. Van Damme, Annick Barre, Tanuja Singh, June H. Wu, Albert M. Wu

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Abstract

O-glycosylation is a widely distributed posttranslational modification initiated by the addition of GalNAc to serine or threonine residues of polypeptide chains. The GalNAc may be further substituted to form linear/branched sugar chains. Some proteins, like the mucins of vertebrates, are extensively O-glycosylated and consist predominantly of carbohydrate. T antigens, which were originally designated as Thomsen-Friedenreich or TF antigens, are of particular interest in glycobiology since a high expression of the T antigen on the cell surface can be used as a glycomarker [1-3]. Due to the apparent loss of βGalactosyl-transferase, which normally converts the Tn antigen (GalNAcα1-Thr/Ser) into the T antigen (Galβ1,3GalNAcα1- Thr/Ser), the precursor Tn antigen accumulates in cancer cells (Fig. 8.1).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates-3
EditorsAlbert Wu
Pages143-154
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume705
ISSN (Print)0065-2598

Keywords

  • Glycosylation
  • Plant lectins
  • T glycotope
  • Tn glycotope

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