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“ O‐GlcNAc regulates cellular responses to hormones such as insulin , initiates a protective response to stress, modulates a cell's capacity to grow and divide, and regulates gene transcription.”
Journal of cellular biochemistry • 2006 | View Paper
“ Insulin stimulates both the biosynthesis of transcription factor Sp1 and its O-linked N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation), which promotes nuclear localization of Sp1 and its ability to transactivate calmodulin (CaM) gene transcription.”