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. 2023 May 10;8:196. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01442-3

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

The effect of glucose on OGT and O-GlcNAcylation. GlcNAc is an O-β-N-acetylglucosamine moiety attached to a nuclear protein, cytoplasmic protein serine, or threonine residue. The addition of GlcNAc to proteins is catalyzed by OGT, while its removal is catalyzed by OGA. Currently, several pathways have been proposed that implicate O-GlcNAcylated proteins in the link between tumorigenesis and hyperglycemia. O-GlcNAcylation stabilizes SP1, β-catenin and YAP proteins promoting expression of target genes and transcriptional activity of NF-kB pathway. O-GlcNAc O-β-N-acetylglucosamine, OGT O-GlcNAc transferase, OGA O-GlcNAcase, SP1 Specificity protein 1, YAP Yes-associated protein