Monosaccharides
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Glossary: Glycosylation
Definition
Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrate units which cannot be broken down further by hydrolysis. Includes glucose, fructose, galactose, xylose and ribose. The building blocks of disaccharides (sucrose), polysaccharides (cellulose and starch) and oligosaccharides.
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Case Study
The Hospital for Sick Children- Glycan Analysis of a Multivalent Protein
BioPharmaSpec performed various glycan analysis on a multivalent protein comprised of 24 identical protomers, where each protomer is a 50kDa protein with two sites of N-linked glycosylation.
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