Characterizing glycosylation pathways

K J Yarema; C R Bertozzi

doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-5-reviews0004

Characterizing glycosylation pathways

Genome Biol. 2001;2(5):REVIEWS0004. doi: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-5-reviews0004. Epub 2001 May 1.

Authors

K J Yarema¹, C R Bertozzi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Abstract

Numerous factors that influence cell-surface carbohydrate composition remain to be elucidated. The combination of novel biochemical and metabolism-based approaches with emerging genomic methods promises to accelerate efforts to understand glycosylation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Forecasting
Glycosylation*
Hexosamines / metabolism
Humans
Lectins / chemistry
Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
Models, Chemical
Monosaccharides / metabolism
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / metabolism
Polysaccharides / biosynthesis

Substances

Hexosamines
Lectins
Membrane Glycoproteins
Monosaccharides
N-levulinoyl mannosamine
Polysaccharides
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid