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Function Glycoproteins
Cell attachment-recognition
cell-cell, virus-cell, bacterium-cell, and hormone receptors
site
H
O HN C CH2 CH COOH Asn
H
Glc OH H
OH O H
H HN C CH3 NAc
Type I N-Glycosyl linkage to Asn
Type II O-Glycosyl linkage to Ser (Thr) Type III O-Glycosyl linkage to 5-HOLys
Monosaccharides commonly found in eukaryotic
glycoproteins
The principal sugars found in human glycoproteins
Sugar Type Abbreviation
Galactose Hexose Gal
Glucose Hexose Glc
Mannose Hexose Man
N-Acetylneuraminic acid Sialic acid NeuAc
N-Acetylgalactosamine Deoxyhexose GalNAc
N-Acetylglucosamine Aminohexase GlaNac
Fucose Aminohexase Fuc
Xylose Pentose Xyl
Functions of the oligosaccharide chains of glycoproteins
H O - O O
O OSO3
H H
OH H H
H H O H
H OH H HN C CH3
GlcUA GalNAc
GlcUA-Gal-Gal-Xyl-O-Ser link
Chondroitin sulfate Sulfate at 4 or 6 C of GalNAc
-1,3 glycosidic linkage
• Chondroitin sulfate is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG)
composed of a chain of alternating sugars (
N-acetylgalactosamine and glucuronic acid). It is usually
found attached to proteins as part of a proteoglycan.
O
-1,4
H H O H
H
H H
OH H OH H
O O
H OSO3 - H NHSO3-
GlcUA GlcNAc
H O O O
OH
H H
OH H H
H OH O H
H OH H HN C CH3
GlcUA GlcNAc
No protein link
No sulfate
Hyaluronate
-1,3 glycosidic
• Hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid) is a non-sulfated
glycosaminoglycan distributed widely
throughout connective, epithelial, and neural
tissues.
By
Dr. C. Nyamwange
Fibrous proteins
• Fibrous proteins, also called scleroproteins, are one of the two
main classes of protein quaternary structure (the other being
globular proteins). Fibrous proteins are only found in animals.
• Collagen is also a coiled coil, but one with distinct tertiary and
quaternary structures: three separate polypeptides, called chains
(not to be confused with helices), are supertwisted about each
other.
(c) Three
of these helices
wrap around
one another with a
right-handed twist.
Structure and composition of collagen