An overview of protein <i>N</i>-glycosylation diversity in microalgae.

ABSTRACT: Microalgae are unicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms that arose from distinct endosymbiotic events yielding a wide phylogenetic diversity. In contrast, a single lineage of green algae charophytes gives rise to all land plants. A large number of N-glycan structures were already characterized but the study of glycans N-linked to proteins in these unicellular organisms only recently begun and concerns a limited number of species. These structures differ to a large extent from known structures and exhibit various glycan decorations not reported so far in land plants. However, many pieces of the puzzle are still missing for a full understanding of the protein N-glycosylation biosynthesis in microalgae despite the structural elucidation of lipid-linked oligosacchar

SUBMITTER: van Bockstaele-Fuentes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12507850 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature