TY - CHAP
T1 - Glycosylation in bacteria
T2 - that, what, how, why, now what?
AU - Appelmelk, Ben J.
AU - Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M. J. E.
AU - Bitter, Wilbert
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Once considered mavericks, many bacterial species produce glycoproteins. Bacterial polypeptide glycans vary from mono- to polysaccharides, are O- or N-linked, may or may not have a eukaryotic signature, and require an apparatus sometimes organized in glycosylation islands. Recent work shows that also in prokaryotes, glycan chains serve as information carriers, and are often involved in interactions between prokaryotes and their environment, including host–pathogen interaction in human and nonhuman hosts.
AB - Once considered mavericks, many bacterial species produce glycoproteins. Bacterial polypeptide glycans vary from mono- to polysaccharides, are O- or N-linked, may or may not have a eukaryotic signature, and require an apparatus sometimes organized in glycosylation islands. Recent work shows that also in prokaryotes, glycan chains serve as information carriers, and are often involved in interactions between prokaryotes and their environment, including host–pathogen interaction in human and nonhuman hosts.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=105022980797&origin=inward
U2 - 10.1002/047001153X.g305301
DO - 10.1002/047001153X.g305301
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780470849743
T3 - Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics: Dunn/Genomics
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics: Dunn/Genomics
PB - Wiley
ER -