- The
terms glycans and
polysaccharides are
defined by
IUPAC as
synonyms meaning "compounds
consisting of a
large number of
monosaccharides linked glycosidically"...
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carbohydrate consisting of
several sugar molecules,
sometimes also
referred to as
glycan, to a
nitrogen atom (the
amide nitrogen of an
asparagine (Asn)
residue of...
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Glycan arrays, like that
offered by the
Consortium for
Functional Glycomics (CFG),
National Center for
Functional Glycomics (NCFG) and Z Biotech, LLC,...
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Glycan nomenclature is the
systematic naming of
glycans,
which are carbohydrate-based
polymers made by all
living organisms. In
general glycans can be...
- cell. In contrast,
perturbation of
glycan processing (enzymatic removal/addition of
carbohydrate residues to the
glycan),
which occurs in both the endoplasmic...
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Nomenclature For
Glycans (SNFG) is a community-curated
standard for the
depiction of
simple monosaccharides and
complex carbohydrates (
glycans)
using various...
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Glycosylation is the
reaction in
which a
carbohydrate (or '
glycan'), i.e. a
glycosyl donor, is
attached to a
hydroxyl or
other functional group of another...
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systematic study of all
glycan structures of a
given cell type or organism" and is a
subset of glycobiology. "Carbohydrate", "
glycan", "saccharide", and "sugar"...
- the structure, biosynthesis, and
biology of
saccharides (sugar
chains or
glycans) that are
widely distributed in nature.
Sugars or
saccharides are essential...
- Moreover,
glycans can be
modified (modified sugars), this
increases its complexity.
Complex biosynthetic pathways for
glycans.
Usually glycans are found...