Revisiting the Language of Glycoscience: Readers, Writers and Erasers in Carbohydrate Biochemistry

Simone Dedola, Michael D. Rugen, Robert J. Young, Robert A. Field

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Abstract

The roles of carbohydrates in nature are many and varied. However, the lack of template encoding in glycoscience distances carbohydrate structure, and hence function, from gene sequence. This challenging situation is compounded by descriptors of carbohydrate structure and function that have tended to emphasise their complexity. Herein, we suggest that revising the language of glycoscience could make interdisciplinary discourse more accessible to all interested parties.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCHEMBIOCHEM
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Publication statusPublished - 3 Feb 2020

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  • Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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