Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Structure of the human heparan sulfate polymerase complex EXT1-EXT2

  • Francisco Leisico,
  • Juneina Omeiri,
  • Christine Le Narvor,
  • Joël Beaudouin,
  • Michael Hons,
  • Daphna Fenel,
  • Guy Schoehn,
  • Yohann Couté,
  • David Bonnaffé,
  • Rabia Sadir,
  • Hugues Lortat-Jacob,
  • Rebekka Wild

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34882-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Heparan sulfates are long and complex polysaccharides that mediate a large number of biological processes at the cell surface. Here, the authors provide structural and functional insights into the human EXT1-EXT2 complex that carries out the polymerization of heparan sulfate chains.