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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437632003321

Autore

Kim Cheorl-Ho

Titolo

Glycosphingolipids Signaling / / by Cheorl-Ho Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-5807-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 181 p. 30 illus., 25 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

571.74

Soggetti

Molecular genetics

Cancer

Genetics

Biochemistry

Biological transport

Cell membranes

Molecular Genetics

Cancer Biology

Genetics and Genomics

Membrane Trafficking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) -- 2. Mammal GSL synthesis via ER and Golgi network -- 3. The GSL dependent signaling -- 4. Viral protein interaction with host cells GSLs -- 5. Bacterial toxin protein interaction with host cells GSL -- 6. GSL signaling regulation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the latest knowledge and the most recent research results on glycosphingolipid (GSL)-mediated signaling. GSLs are important constituents of the plasma membrane that exert their distinct functions through binding to certain functional proteins. They play a role in various human diseases and also function as human alloantigens. Cellular GSLs are associated with many biological functions such as cellular oncotransformation, phenotype change, neuronal or embryonic development, regulation of cell division, cell–cell interaction, cell attachment, adhesion, and motility, and intracellular signaling via protein–carbohydrate or carbohydrate–carbohydrate



interactions. This book opens by providing the key background on GSL glycan–receptor interactions and mammalian GSL synthesis. Up-to-date information is then presented on all aspects of GSL-dependent signaling. Viral protein and bacterial toxin protein interactions with host cell GSLs are examined in depth, and the concluding chapter is devoted to signaling regulation. The book should assist in the further development of new strategies against emerging infectious agents and intractable diseases.