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SUBMITTER: De Caro L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8562672 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Caro Liberato L Terzi Alberta A Terzi Alberta A Fusaro Luca L Altamura Davide D Boccafoschi Francesca F Bunk Oliver O Giannini Cinzia C
IUCrJ 20211028 Pt 6
Glycosyl-ation is the process of combining one or more glucose molecules (or other monosaccharides) with molecules of a different nature (which are therefore glycosyl-ated). In biochemistry, glycosyl-ation is catalyzed by several specific enzymes, and assumes considerable importance since it occurs mainly at the expense of proteins and phospho-lipids which are thus transformed into glycoproteins and glycolipids. Conversely, in diabetes and aging, glycation of proteins is a phenomenon of non-enzy ...[more]