ERC Starting Grant · 2017
New Chemical Tools for Precision Glycotherapy
Glycosylation, the expression of carbohydrate structures on proteins and lipids, is found in all the domains of life. The collection of all glycans found on a cell is called the “glycome” which is information rich and a key player in a plethora of physiological and pathological processes. The information that the glycome holds can be written, read and erased by glycosyltransferases, lectins and glycosidases, respectively. The immense structural complexity and the fact that glycan biosynthesis is not under direct genetic control makes it very difficult to study the glycome. The glycosylation pattern of cancer cells is very different from that of healthy cells. It is still unclear whether…
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