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.