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There are three major classes of biological macromolecules, all of which encodeinformation essential for the life of the organism. Nucleic acids and proteins arelinear molecules in which the individual subunits (nucleotides and amino acids,respectively) are linked by identical phosphate and peptide bonds, respectively.Glycans are signifi cantly more complex. The linkages between individual subunits(monosaccharides such as hexoses, hexosamines, pentoses, etc.) are not identical;the anomeric carbon atom can be linked either by an alpha or beta bond to oneof several carbon atoms on the adjoining monosaccharide. The resulting macro-molecule may be linear or branched and may be covalently attached to a proteinor lipid. Glycans are therefore highly effi cient vehicles for information storage –more value for the money.The apparatus required for glycan assembly is unique. Whereas the biosynthesisof nucleic acids and proteins is carried out by relatively simple template mecha-nisms, glycans require a complicated non - template assembly line (very similar toan automobile assembly line) where many different workers and machines (mem-branous organelles and vesicles, enzymes, transporters, stru

Who reads Handbook of Chemical Glycosylation : Advances in Stereoselectivity and Therapeutic Relevance?

Author

Alexei V. Demchenko

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9783527295111

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Medical

Updated

2026-03-24