Glycobiology Profiling Tools
Glycobiology profiling is critical to many areas of research. For example, glycosylation is one of the most common and impactful modifications found in biologic systems. It is seen in the simplest of prokaryotes and the most complex multicellular organisms, attached to proteins, lipids, and even RNA playing roles in structure, function, and regulation. As the knowledge base and methods evolve, scientists need the right tools for the job. We are filling your toolbox with glycobiology reagents and tools like enzymes, resins, labels, and reagents to aid in the discovery and experimentation around glycobiology.
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Glycobiology Profiling Categories
To accommodate your glycobiology workflow needs, we offer a wide range of products for functional and structural analysis of glycans, including glycoprocessing and glycosylation enzymes, glycan labels, lectins, capture resins, standards, glycoproteins, and free oligosaccharides. This includes offerings of carbohydrate-recognizing proteins such as lectins and galectins, carbohydrate-active enzymes like glycosidases (exoglycosidases, endoglycosidases), and glycosyltransferases. Additionally, our GlycoProfile™ kits are a curated product line that have been developed to simplify common workflows including release and labeling of N-linked and O-linked glycans.
The glycobiology profiling tools we offer can be broken into these 4 categories:
ANALYZE
- Glycan Labeling
- Lectins
- Chromatography
- Standards
- Glycoconjugates
- Clean Up
- GlycoProfile™ Glycan Clean-Up Cartridge
- Discovery® SPE Tubes
Related Resources
- Article: How to Improve Glycoform and Glycopeptide for Mucin Preparations
- Lectin Selection Guide: A Useful Guide for Selecting the Right Lectin
- Article: Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans
There are five identified glycosaminoglycan chains (see Figure 1): Hyaluronan is not sulfated, but the other glycosaminoglycan chains contain sulfate substituents at various positions of the chain.
- Article: Glycosyltransferases
Glycosyltransferases were initially considered to be specific for a single glycosyl donor and acceptor, which led to the one enzyme-one linkage concept. Subsequent observations have refuted the theory of absolute enzymatic specificity by describing the transfer of analogs of some nucleoside mono- or diphosphate sugar donors.
- Article: What is Hyaluronan?
Hyaluronan is a major component of the extracellular matrix. It’s the simplest glycosaminoglycan, and it plays several biological roles.
- Article: Sialic Acid
Review article and products for sialic acid synthesis and signaling.
- Article: Glycobiology - Carbohydrate Enzymes and Proteins
Explore our complex carbohydrate proteins, enzyme products and kits for investigating oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and numerous additional aspects of your carbohydrate workflow.
- Article: Glycosphingolipids
Glycosphingolipids
- Article: Glycosyltransferases: Tools for Synthesis and Modification of Glycans
The presence of multiple functional groups and stereocenters in complex carbohydrates makes them challenging targets for the organic chemist.
- Article: N-Linked Glycan Strategies
Explore various strategies for deglycosylating N-linked glycans involving PNGase F, PNGase A (Glycopeptidase A), and even native and sequential deglycosylation with endoglycosidases like Endoglycosidase H, Endoglycosidase F, and exoglycosidases.
- Article: O-Linked Glycan Strategies
Learn about O-linked glycan strategies, such as the actions of O-glycosidase, how to remove di and trisialylation sialic acid residues, β-linked galactose, and N-acetylglucosamine, as well as other O-glycan modifications.
- Article: Glycoprofile™ Labeling Kits
Glycoprofile Labeling Kits for Glycan Analysis designed for efficient labeling of N-linked, O-linked and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored glycans using your choice of 2-aminobenzamide (2-AB) or 2-aminobenzoic acid (anthranilic acid; 2-AA) 1,2
- Article: Deglycosylation Kits
Deglycosylation Kits
- Glycan Labeling
Structural modifications of proteins are essential to living cells. When aberrantly regulated they are often the basis of disease. Glycans are responsible for much of the structural variation in biologic systems, and their representation on cell surfaces is commonly called the “glycome.”
- Article: Mass Spectrometry of Glycans
The development of modern mass spectrometry (MS) equipment with high resolution and mass accuracy has led to its use in analyzing glycans for both profiling and structural studies.
- Article: HPLC Analysis of Glycans
HPLC Analysis of Glycans
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