... the structural elements that regulate the GPR15–GPR15L interaction with primary focus on post-translational modifications (PTMs) of receptor N-terminus and on the C-terminus of the ligand. Our findings reveal that the GPR15 receptor is sulfated on the N-terminal tyrosine residue(s) and disruption of tyrosine...

...Roop Gill; Laura Hitchins; Fenella Fletcher; Gurtej K. Dhoot The role of Sulf1A, sulfation and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in satellite-cell growth was examined in an in vitro model of dissociated whole skeletal muscle fibres. Pax7-positive quiescent satellite cells express little or no Sulf1A...

...Raja Bhattacharya; Robert A. Townley; Katherine L. Berry; Hannes E. Bülow Sulfations of sugars, such as heparan sulfates (HS), or tyrosines require the universal sulfate donor 3′-phospho-adenosine-5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to be transported from the cytosol into the Golgi. Metazoan genomes encode...

... the length, composition and charge distribution of the polysaccharide chain. Using cultured primary neurons, we show that specific sulfation in the GAG chains of chondroitin sulfate mediates neuronal guidance cues and axonal growth inhibition. Chondroitin-4-sulfate (CS-A), but not chondroitin-6-sulfate (CS-C...

... and is known to interact with negatively charged macromolecules like proteoglycans. Therefore, we examined whether the latter are involved in the lysosomal targeting of lysozyme in U937 cells. We partially diminished the electronegative charge of newly synthesized proteoglycans by inhibiting their sulfation...

... for sperm. Shortly after binding to mZP3, sperm undergo the acrosome reaction, a form of cellular exocytosis. Here, we examined the influence of extent of glycosylation, sulfation, and sialylation of mZP3 ( M r ∼65,000-100,000) on its bioactivity; i.e. its ability to inhibit binding of sperm to eggs...