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Glycosylation Variants

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Glycosylation variants are molecular forms of a glycoprotein or other glycoconjugate that differ in their attached carbohydrate structures. A corresponding protein scaffold can carry different oligosaccharides at the same glycosylation site, producing distinct glycoforms [1]. Such heterogeneity arises through sequential and competing biosynthetic reactions that add, remove, or modify sugar residues [2]. Variation can involve sugar composition, branching, linkage, or occupancy of a glycosylation site. A preparation can therefore contain a mixture of related molecules whose carbohydrate portions have different structures [3]. Characterization distinguishes glycan identity and relative abundance, and can preserve information about which glycan occurs at each protein site. These structural distributions reflect the enzyme network and processing environment encountered by the molecule during synthesis and maturation [4].

glycoforms glycoproteins glycan heterogeneity glycan maturation
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  1. Roy Jefferis; Glycosylation as a strategy to improve antibody-based therapeutics. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 2009, 8, 226-234. [CrossRef]
  2. Karina Mariño; Jonathan Bones; Jayesh J Kattla; Pauline M Rudd; A systematic approach to protein glycosylation analysis: a path through the maze. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2010, 6, 713-723. [CrossRef]
  3. Anne Dell; Howard R. Morris; Glycoprotein Structure Determination by Mass Spectrometry. Science 2001, 291, 2351-2356. [CrossRef]
  4. L. Renee Ruhaak; Gege Xu; Qiongyu Li; Elisha Goonatilleke; Carlito B. Lebrilla; Mass Spectrometry Approaches to Glycomic and Glycoproteomic Analyses. Chem. Rev. 2018, 118, 7886-7930. [CrossRef]
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