Worldwide Glycoscience Informatics Infrastructure: The GlySpace Alliance

Frederique Lisacek; Michael Tiemeyer; Raja Mazumder; Kiyoko F Aoki-Kinoshita

doi:10.1021/jacsau.2c00477

Worldwide Glycoscience Informatics Infrastructure: The GlySpace Alliance

JACS Au. 2022 Dec 2;3(1):4-12. doi: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00477. eCollection 2023 Jan 23.

Authors

Frederique Lisacek^{1

2}, Michael Tiemeyer³, Raja Mazumder⁴, Kiyoko F Aoki-Kinoshita⁵

Affiliations

¹ Proteome Informatics Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, Geneva CH-1227, Switzerland.
² Computer Science Department & Section of Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva CH-1227, Switzerland.
³ Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.
⁴ George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20037, United States.
⁵ Glycan and Life Systems Integration Center (GaLSIC), Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan.

Abstract

The GlySpace Alliance was formed in 2018 among the principal investigators of three major glycoscience portals: Glyco@Expasy, GlyCosmos, and GlyGen, representing Europe, Asia, and the United States, respectively. While each of these portals has its unique user interface, the aim is to provide the same basic data set of glycan-related omics data. These portals will be introduced with the aim to enable users to find their target information in the most efficient manner, in particular, in terms of the chemical structures of glycans and their functions.

Publication types

Review