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GLYCOSYLATION

Hitting the sweet spot

Nature Chemistry volume 10, pages 578–580 (2018)Cite this article

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As the most abundant class of biomolecules on Earth, carbohydrates are implicated in a multitude of biological functions. Now, a simple chemical transformation has enabled the direct and selective installation of carbohydrates onto a diverse range of small molecules and peptides.

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Fig. 1: Comparison of methods for glycosylation.

Figure adapted from ref. 4, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

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