Insights from Building the O-GlcNAc Enzyme Variant Database

Glyspace Alliance Webinar Series featuring Stephanie Oliver-Van Stichelen Tuesday April 14, 2026
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Virtual

Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen

Presented by 

Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

O-GlcNAcylation is a key regulatory modification long thought to be intolerant to genetic variation, but recent discoveries of OGT mutations in X-linked intellectual disability have challenged this view. Here, we present a comprehensive, curated database of OGT and OGA variants integrating clinical, population, and cancer mutation data with structural mapping. Our analysis reveals distinct mutation hotspots with opposing clinical outcomes, providing a new framework to link O-GlcNAc enzyme variation to human disease.