[HTML][HTML] Visualizing metabolically-labeled glycoconjugates of living cells by copper-free and fast Huisgen cycloadditions

X Ning, J Guo, MA Wolfert, GJ Boons - … Chemie (International Ed. in …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Azides, which are extremely rare in biological systems, are emerging as attractive chemical
handles for bioconjugation.[1–5] In particular, the CuI catalyzed 1, 3-dipolar cyclization of …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in synthetic oligosaccharide and glycoconjugate research

TJ Boltje, T Buskas, GJ Boons - Nature chemistry, 2009 - nature.com
Synthetic oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates are increasingly used as probes for biological
research and as lead compounds for drug and vaccine discovery. These endeavours are…

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors

…, Y Lang, C Wang, Z Li, D Koerhuis, GJ Boons… - Nature structural & …, 2019 - nature.com
Coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections in humans and outbreaks of deadly pneumonia
worldwide. Infections are initiated by the transmembrane spike (S) glycoprotein, which …

[HTML][HTML] Robust immune responses elicited by a fully synthetic three-component vaccine

…, MA Wolfert, J Gaekwad, T Buskas, GJ Boons - Nature chemical …, 2007 - nature.com
The overexpression of saccharides such as Globo-H, Lewis Y and Tn antigen is a common
feature of oncogenic transformed cells. Endeavors to exploit this aberrant glycosylation for …

[HTML][HTML] Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2

…, STD Hsu, T Hobman, SM Tompkins, GJ Boons… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that host glycans influence severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, we reveal that the receptor-binding domain (…

[HTML][HTML] Protein modification by strain-promoted alkyne–nitrone cycloaddition

…, MF Debets, MA Wolfert, GJ Boons… - … (International ed. in …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The bioorthogonal chemical reporter strategy is emerging as a versatile method for the
labeling of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins.[1] In this …

Strategies in oligosaccharide synthesis

GJ Boons - Tetrahedron, 1996 - Elsevier
Glycoconjugatcs arc the moht t ‘unctionally and structurally diverse molecules in nature and
it is now well established that protein-and lipid-bound saccharides play essential roles in …

A general strategy for stereoselective glycosylations

JH Kim, H Yang, J Park, GJ Boons - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The principal challenge that the synthesis of oligosaccharides of biological importance
presents is the development of a general approach for the stereoselective introduction of a …

Human coronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 bind to 9-O-acetylated sialic acids via a conserved receptor-binding site in spike protein domain A

…, FJM van Kuppeveld, GJ Boons… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Human betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 are endemic respiratory pathogens and, while
related, originated from independent zoonotic introductions. OC43 is in fact a host-range …

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds heparan sulfate in a length-and sequence-dependent manner

…, SM Tompkins, MA Wolfert, RP de Vries, GJ Boons - 2020 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
… Lin Liu; Pradeep Chopra; Xiuru Li; Kim M Bouwman; Stephen Mark Tompkins; Margreet
A Wolfert; Robert P de Vries; Geert-Jan Boons. … Geert-Jan Boons; University of Georgia …