Researchers have synthesized synthetic sialic acid containing two functionalities that can be incorporated into the sialylated glycans. This process is called as metabolic glycan labeling that has emerged as a tool to study the sialylation of various types of glycosylation. ADVERTISEMENTS Sialic acid is a common …
Classification of the lipids Lipids are classified into two classes; saponifiable lipids and non-saponifiable lipids. In a saponifiable lipid family, there are two types of lipids Glycerol Esters and Non-glycerol Esters. Glycerol esters include triacylglycerols and phosphoglycerols while non-glycerol esters include two classes of lipids; waxes …
An Introduction to the Glycoproteins The glycoprotein is a type of glycoconjugates. It is a biological molecule that contains proteins as well as carbohydrates (especially oligosaccharides) linked to each other through covalent linkage between sugar unit of oligosaccharide and a side chain of certain types of amino acids of protein …
Glycocalyx and its constituents Glycocalyx is a covering of the cells that is composed of phospholipid bilayers along with glycoproteins and glycolipids. Carbohydrate moieties present in the glycocalyx are mostly in the form of glycolipids and glycoproteins that play roles varieties of functions such as cell …
