Identifying the number of glycan structures in a cell or organism, or the 'glycome', is complicated by the multitude of biomolecules that contain sugars, the variability in sugar identity and the ...

Classes of carbohydrate-binding agents Arbitrarily, two different categories of CBAs can be distinguished: lectins, which are proteins that specifically recognize carbohydrate (glycan) structures ...

Glycans can be incredibly complex and branched in structure, contributing to the stability of the extracellular domain of cells and proteins. Exactly how and why proteins and lipids are ...

Carbohydrate chains, or glycans, are complex sugar-like compounds that play important roles in various biological processes and structures in our bodies. Galactosides are a type of glycan found in ...