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The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses
Glycosylation of surface molecules is a key feature of several eukaryotic viruses, which use the host endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi apparatus to add carbohydrates to their nascent glycoproteins. In recent years, a newly discovered group of eukaryotic viruses, belonging to the Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26690138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226169 |
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author | Piacente, Francesco Gaglianone, Matteo Laugieri, Maria Elena Tonetti, Michela G. |
author_facet | Piacente, Francesco Gaglianone, Matteo Laugieri, Maria Elena Tonetti, Michela G. |
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description | Glycosylation of surface molecules is a key feature of several eukaryotic viruses, which use the host endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi apparatus to add carbohydrates to their nascent glycoproteins. In recent years, a newly discovered group of eukaryotic viruses, belonging to the Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA Virus (NCLDV) group, was shown to have several features that are typical of cellular organisms, including the presence of components of the glycosylation machinery. Starting from initial observations with the chlorovirus PBCV-1, enzymes for glycan biosynthesis have been later identified in other viruses; in particular in members of the Mimiviridae family. They include both the glycosyltransferases and other carbohydrate-modifying enzymes and the pathways for the biosynthesis of the rare monosaccharides that are found in the viral glycan structures. These findings, together with genome analysis of the newly-identified giant DNA viruses, indicate that the presence of glycogenes is widespread in several NCLDV families. The identification of autonomous viral glycosylation machinery leads to many questions about the origin of these pathways, the mechanisms of glycan production, and eventually their function in the viral replication cycle. The scope of this review is to highlight some of the recent results that have been obtained on the glycosylation systems of the large DNA viruses, with a special focus on the enzymes involved in nucleotide-sugar production. |
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spelling | pubmed-46911122016-01-06 The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses Piacente, Francesco Gaglianone, Matteo Laugieri, Maria Elena Tonetti, Michela G. Int J Mol Sci Review Glycosylation of surface molecules is a key feature of several eukaryotic viruses, which use the host endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi apparatus to add carbohydrates to their nascent glycoproteins. In recent years, a newly discovered group of eukaryotic viruses, belonging to the Nucleo-Cytoplasmic Large DNA Virus (NCLDV) group, was shown to have several features that are typical of cellular organisms, including the presence of components of the glycosylation machinery. Starting from initial observations with the chlorovirus PBCV-1, enzymes for glycan biosynthesis have been later identified in other viruses; in particular in members of the Mimiviridae family. They include both the glycosyltransferases and other carbohydrate-modifying enzymes and the pathways for the biosynthesis of the rare monosaccharides that are found in the viral glycan structures. These findings, together with genome analysis of the newly-identified giant DNA viruses, indicate that the presence of glycogenes is widespread in several NCLDV families. The identification of autonomous viral glycosylation machinery leads to many questions about the origin of these pathways, the mechanisms of glycan production, and eventually their function in the viral replication cycle. The scope of this review is to highlight some of the recent results that have been obtained on the glycosylation systems of the large DNA viruses, with a special focus on the enzymes involved in nucleotide-sugar production. MDPI 2015-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4691112/ /pubmed/26690138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226169 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Piacente, Francesco Gaglianone, Matteo Laugieri, Maria Elena Tonetti, Michela G. The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title | The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title_full | The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title_fullStr | The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title_full_unstemmed | The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title_short | The Autonomous Glycosylation of Large DNA Viruses |
title_sort | autonomous glycosylation of large dna viruses |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26690138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226169 |
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