First-ever sequence and structure of biologically important carbohydrate

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have been unable to determine the structure of a biologically important so-called GAG proteoglycan -- or even to agree whether these remarkably complex molecules have well-defined structures. Medical researchers have now, for the first time, determined the sequence and structure of a glycosaminoglycan, or GAG, proteoglycan.

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