Essays about: "glycosidic bond"

Found 1 essay containing the words glycosidic bond.

  1. 1. Synthesis towards an aromatic alfa-dixyloside

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för analys och syntes

    Author : Martin Olofsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Synthesis; Proteoglycan; Glucosaminoglycan; Xylose; Carbohydrate; Glycosylation; Organic chemistry; Chemistry;

    Abstract : A proteoglycan is a protein with at least one glycosidic chain or glycosaminoglycan (GAG) covalently bound to it. Since a common linker between the core protein and the GAG chain has a xylose present, the biosynthesis of GAGs can be primed using xylosides containing hydrophobic aglycons providing that these xylosides are capable of penetrating the cell membrane. READ MORE