December 2006
N-glycosylation: Bacteria target flexible loops of folded proteins
In contrast to the glycosylation of unfolded proteins in eukaryotes, N-glycosylation in bacteria occurs at locally flexible structures in folded proteins.
Original research paper: Science 314, 1148-1150 (2006)
doi:10.1126/science.113435117 November 2006O-glycosylation enzymes: Directing traffic during Drosophila embryogenesis
A Drosophila melanogaster mutant reveals that mucin-type O-glycosylation plays a role in the establishment of basoapical cell polarity of tracheal cells during embryogenesis.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. 282, 606-614 (2007)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M606268200