2023
Mutational screens highlight glycosylation as a modulator of colony-stimulating factor 3 receptor (CSF3R) activity
Hollander M, Malaker S, Riley N, Perez I, Abney N, Gray M, Maxson J, Cochran J, Bertozzi C. Mutational screens highlight glycosylation as a modulator of colony-stimulating factor 3 receptor (CSF3R) activity. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2023, 299: 104755. PMID: 37116708, PMCID: PMC10245049, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein domain mappingSingle amino acid mutationLigand-independent activityChronic neutrophilic leukemiaCell surface receptorsAmino acid mutationsColony-stimulating factor 3 receptorSerine residuesPresence of GalNAcHotspot residuesNeutrophilic leukemiaHuman diseasesAcid mutationsReceptor signalingAmino acidsCell growthSurface receptorsReceptor alpha chainMutationsAbundant typeDomain mappingDisease mechanismsUncontrolled activityAlpha chainWhite blood cells
2022
Revealing the human mucinome
Malaker SA, Riley NM, Shon DJ, Pedram K, Krishnan V, Dorigo O, Bertozzi CR. Revealing the human mucinome. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3542. PMID: 35725833, PMCID: PMC9209528, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31062-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModular protein domainsKey molecular signaturesProtein domainsTransmembrane proteinDetection of hundredsMucin domainGlycoprotein identificationHuman diseasesMolecular signaturesCell lysatesEnrichment strategyGlycoproteinVivo sourceOverlapping populationsImportant roleDomainStcEProteinLysatesOvarian cancer patientsComplex samples
2019
The mucin-selective protease StcE enables molecular and functional analysis of human cancer-associated mucins
Malaker SA, Pedram K, Ferracane MJ, Bensing BA, Krishnan V, Pett C, Yu J, Woods EC, Kramer JR, Westerlind U, Dorigo O, Bertozzi CR. The mucin-selective protease StcE enables molecular and functional analysis of human cancer-associated mucins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 7278-7287. PMID: 30910957, PMCID: PMC6462054, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813020116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModular protein domainsProtein domainsSecreted proteinsMucin domainFunctional analysisHuman diseasesMucin biologyGlycosylation patternsCultured cellsMolecular levelCell surfaceSequence coverageKey playersBacterial proteasesCancer-associated mucinsDiscrete peptidesBiological ligandsProteaseHuman mucinsGlycoform analysisStcESiglec-9Domain structureMass spectrometryDomain