glycoconjugate
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In molecular biology and biochemistry, glycoconjugates are a subfamily for carbohydrates where saccharides are covalently linked with proteins, peptides, lipids. Glycoconjugates are formed in processes termed glycosylation. Glycoconjugates are involved in cell–cell interaction, including cell–cell recognition; in cell–matrix interactions; and in detoxification processes.
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- Assembly
- Processing, modification, and diversity
- Functions
- ''O''-Linked glycans
- Functions
- Glycosaminoglycans
- References
In molecular biology and biochemistry, glycoconjugates are a subfamily for carbohydrates where saccharides are covalently linked with proteins, peptides, lipids. Glycoconjugates are formed in processes termed glycosylation. Glycoconjugates are involved in cell–cell interaction, including cell–cell recognition; in cell–matrix interactions; and in detoxification processes.
Although the important molecular species DNA, RNA, ATP, cAMP, cGMP, NADH, NADPH, and coenzyme A all contain a carbohydrate part, generally they are not considered as glycoconjugates.