Jiaoyang Jiang

Education

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., Brown University; Postdoc, Harvard Medical School

Research Areas

• Biophysical Chemistry
• Membrane & Cellular Biophysics
• Protein Folding Design & Function
• Spectroscopy Microscopy Imaging
• Structural Biology

Structure, mechanism and function of protein glycosylation in biology and disease

The overarching goal of our research program is to understand the molecular mechanisms and biological functions of protein glycosylation, especially O-GlcNAcylation. This unique modification dynamically regulates a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes. However, the mechanism underlying its dynamic regulation and aberrant function remains largely unknown. The Jiang Research Group has been active in developing innovative tools, determining novel protein structures, and uncovering regulatory pathways to characterize the functions of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes (OGT and OGA), and design new strategies to control the level of this modification for drug discovery.

Watch a brief introduction of protein O-GlcNAcylation

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