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      A pipeline for interrogating and engineering single-subunit oligosaccharyltransferases

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          Asparagine-linked (N-linked) protein glycosylation is one of the most abundant types of post-translational modification, occurring in all domains of life. The central enzyme in N-linked glycosylation is the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST), which catalyzes the covalent attachment of preassembled glycans to specific asparagine residues in target proteins. Whereas in higher eukaryotes the OST is comprised of eight different membrane proteins of which the catalytic subunit is STT3, in kinetoplastids and prokaryotes the OST is a monomeric enzyme bearing homology to STT3. Given their relative simplicity, these single-subunit OSTs (ssOSTs) have emerged as important targets for mechanistic dissection of poorly understood aspects of N-glycosylation and at the same time hold great potential for the biosynthesis of custom glycoproteins. To take advantage of this utility, this chapter describes a multipronged approach for studying and engineering ssOSTs that integrates in vivo screening technology with in vitro characterization methods, thereby creating a versatile and readily-adaptable pipeline for virtually any ssOST of interest.

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          Journal
          bioRxiv
          June 24 2017
          Article
          10.1101/155101
          336a30a9-7f84-40ed-962f-21f3115b4952
          © 2017
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          Molecular biology
          Molecular biology

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