Protein O-GlcNAcylation: Emerging mechanisms and functions

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 452-465

  Yang, Xiaoyong ^a   Qian, Kevin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CASEIN KINASE II; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; O-GLCNAC TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; AEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIGENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85019166862     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2017.22     Document Type: Review

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