Chemical Biology & Radiation Therapy

Chemical Biology of Glycoproteins

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Glycans play a vital role in modulating protein structure and function from involvement in protein folding, solubility and stability in regulation of tissue distribution, recognition specificity, and biological activity. They can act as both positive and negative regulators of protein function, providing an additional level of control with respect to genetic and environmental conditions. Due to the complexity of glycosylated protein forms, elucidating structural and functional information has been challenging task for researchers, but the recent development of chemical biology-based tools and techniques is bridging these knowledge gaps. This glycoprotein chemical biology, describing the development and application of glycoprotein and glycan synthesis technologies for understanding and manipulating protein glycosylation.