Heparan sulfate/heparin promotes transthyretin fibrillization through selective binding to a basic motif in the protein

F Noborn, P O'Callaghan… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Transthyretin (TTR) is a homotetrameric protein that transports thyroxine and retinol.
Tetramer destabilization and misfolding of the released monomers result in TTR aggregation, …

SweetNET: A Bioinformatics Workflow for Glycopeptide MS/MS Spectral Analysis

W Nasir, AG Toledo, F Noborn, J Nilsson… - Journal of Proteome …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Glycoproteomics has rapidly become an independent analytical platform bridging the fields
of glycomics and proteomics to address site-specific protein glycosylation and its impact in …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of chondroitin sulfate linkage region glycopeptides reveals prohormones as a novel class of proteoglycans

F Noborn, AG Toledo, C Sihlbom, J Lengqvist… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2015 - ASBMB
Vertebrates produce various chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) that are important
structural components of cartilage and other connective tissues. CSPGs also contribute to the …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific glycosylation of proteoglycans: A revisited frontier in proteoglycan research

F Noborn, J Nilsson, G Larson - Matrix Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Proteoglycans (PGs), a class of carbohydrate-modified proteins, are present in essentially
all metazoan organisms investigated to date. PGs are composed of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) …

[HTML][HTML] Heparan sulfate dissociates serum amyloid A (SAA) from acute-phase high-density lipoprotein, promoting SAA aggregation

F Noborn, JB Ancsin, W Ubhayasekera… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Background: Serum amyloid A (SAA) is normally associated with the high-density lipoprotein
(HDL). Results: Heparan sulfate (HS) dissociates SAA from HDL, leading to AA amyloidosis…

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific identification of heparan and chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans in hybrid proteoglycans

F Noborn, A Gomez Toledo, A Green, W Nasir… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) are complex polysaccharides that regulate
important biological pathways in virtually all metazoan organisms. The polysaccharides …

Role of neurexin heparan sulfate in the molecular assembly of synapses–expanding the neurexin code?

F Noborn, FH Sterky - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synapses are the minimal information processing units of the brain and come in many flavors
across distinct circuits. The shape and properties of a synapse depend on its molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the chondroitin sulfate glycoproteome—but how far?

F Noborn, M Nikpour, A Persson, J Nilsson… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are found at cell surfaces and in connective
tissues, where they interact with a multitude of proteins involved in various pathophysiological …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the chondroitin glycoproteome of Caenorhabditis elegans

F Noborn, AG Toledo, W Nasir, J Nilsson… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are important structural components of connective
tissues in essentially all metazoan organisms. In vertebrates, CSPGs are involved also in …

[PDF][PDF] Extracellular endosulfatase Sulf-2 harbors a chondroitin/dermatan sulfate chain that modulates its enzyme activity

…, E Gout, J Pérard, F Dalonneau, K Nishitsuji, F Noborn… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Sulfs represent a class of unconventional sulfatases which provide an original post-synthetic
regulatory mechanism for heparan sulfate polysaccharides and are involved in multiple …