JANČAŘÍKOVÁ, Gita, Igor TVAROŠKA, Ondřej VANĚK and Michaela WIMMEROVÁ. Expression and production of human glycosyltransferases. In XXIII. biochemický sjezd, 2012. 2012. ISBN 978-80-86313-34-4.
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Original name Expression and production of human glycosyltransferases
Name in Czech Exprese a produkce lidských glykosyltransferas
Authors JANČAŘÍKOVÁ, Gita (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Igor TVAROŠKA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ondřej VANĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Michaela WIMMEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition XXIII. biochemický sjezd, 2012, 2012.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Conference abstract
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057698
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-80-86313-34-4
Keywords (in Czech) lidské glykosyltransferasy
Keywords in English human glycosyltransferases
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Gita Paulíková, Ph.D., učo 175742. Changed: 24/10/2012 11:34.
Abstract
Saccharides play due to their wide variability of conformational alternatives a crucial role in many recognition events including pathogen-cell adhesion and recognition, signaling, inflammatory response and others1. They are ordinarily found as glycoconjugates which are often localized on the cell surface or in the extracellular space. They are synthesized by glycosyltransferases in a process called glycosylation – one of the most common and imporatant enzymatic reaction in nature. This project is focused on human N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases, which add N acetylglucosaminyl residues to substrate. These glycosylation events accompany many physiological and pathological cell processes2. The upregulation of these enzymes may lead to an aberrant glycosylation and pathological modifications. Increased amounts of Lewis X and sialyl Lewis X is typical for cancer cells and the interaction between tumor-associated sialyl Lewis X and the endothelial cells of target organs, is one of the first and crucial steps of the metastasis cascade3. Thus these enzymes represent a prime target for the design of glycosylation inhibitors with the potential to specifically alter the structure of cell surface glycoproteins.
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CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068, interní kód MUName: CEITEC - středoevropský technologický institut (Acronym: CEITEC)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, 1.1 European Centres of Excellence
GD301/09/H004, research and development projectName: Molekulární a strukturní biologie vybraných cytostatik. Od mechanistických studií k chemoterapii rakoviny
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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