A subclass of protein in which the carbohydrate units are
polysaccharides that contain
amino sugars. The protein is glycosylated by one or more (up to about 100)
glycosaminoglycans [linear polymers of up to about 200 repeating disaccharide units that consist of a hexosamine (
d-glucosamine or
d-galactosamine) alternating with a uronic acid (
d-glucuronic or
l-iduronic) or a neutral sugar (
d-galactose)].
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1389
(Nomenclature of glycoproteins, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans (Recommendations 1985))
on page 1391
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
