Glycoinformatics, the Glossary
Glycoinformatics is a field of bioinformatics that pertains to the study of carbohydrates involved in protein post-translational modification.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Algorithm, Bioinformatics, Carbohydrate, Chemical decomposition, Chemical reaction, Chemical synthesis, Database, Enzyme, Glycan, Glycoconjugate, Glycome, Glycosylation, Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment, Monosaccharide, Nucleotide, Nutrition, Polysaccharide, Post-translational modification, Software.
- Glycomics
Algorithm
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.
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Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex.
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Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
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Chemical decomposition
Chemical decomposition, or chemical breakdown, is the process or effect of simplifying a single chemical entity (normal molecule, reaction intermediate, etc.) into two or more fragments.
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Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
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Chemical synthesis
Chemical synthesis (chemical combination) is the artificial execution of chemical reactions to obtain one or several products.
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Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
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Glycan
The terms glycans and polysaccharides are defined by IUPAC as synonyms meaning "compounds consisting of a large number of monosaccharides linked glycosidically". Glycoinformatics and glycan are carbohydrate chemistry and glycomics.
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Glycoconjugate
In molecular biology and biochemistry, glycoconjugates are the classification family for carbohydrates – referred to as glycans – which are covalently linked with chemical species such as proteins, peptides, lipids, and other compounds.
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Glycome
A glycome is the entire complement or complete set of all sugars, whether free or chemically bound in more complex molecules, of an organism. Glycoinformatics and glycome are glycomics.
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Glycosylation
Glycosylation is the reaction in which a carbohydrate (or 'glycan'), i.e. a glycosyl donor, is attached to a hydroxyl or other functional group of another molecule (a glycosyl acceptor) in order to form a glycoconjugate. Glycoinformatics and Glycosylation are carbohydrate chemistry.
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Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment
The Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment (MIRAGE) initiative is part of the Minimum Information Standards and specifically applies to guidelines for reporting (describing metadata) on a glycomics experiment. Glycoinformatics and Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment are Bioinformatics and glycomics.
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Monosaccharide
Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar), also called simple sugars, are the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) from which all carbohydrates are built. Glycoinformatics and Monosaccharide are carbohydrate chemistry.
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Nucleotide
Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.
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Nutrition
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life.
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Polysaccharide
Polysaccharides, or polycarbohydrates, are the most abundant carbohydrates found in food. Glycoinformatics and Polysaccharide are carbohydrate chemistry.
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Post-translational modification
In molecular biology, post-translational modification (PTM) is the covalent process of changing proteins following protein biosynthesis.
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Software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.
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See also
Glycomics
- Carbohydrate Structure Database
- Consortium for Functional Glycomics
- Glycan
- Glycan array
- Glycan nomenclature
- Glycobiology
- Glycoinformatics
- Glycome
- GlycomeDB
- Glycomics
- Glyquest
- Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment
- National Center for Functional Glycomics
- Translational glycobiology
- UniCarb-DB