Glycosylation

Glycosylation is the process or result of addition of saccharides to proteins and lipids. The process is one of four principal post-translational modification steps in the synthesis of membrane and secreted proteins and the majority of proteins synthesized in the rough ER undergo glycosylation. It is an enzyme-directed site-specific process, as opposed to the non-ezymatic chemical reaction of glycation. There exists N-linked glycosylation to the amide nitrogen of asparagine side chains and O-linked glycosylation to the hydroxy oxygen of serine and threonine side chains.

Related Topics:
Saccharide - Protein - Lipid - Post-translational modification - ER - Enzyme - Glycation - Amide - Nitrogen - Asparagine - Side chain - Hydroxy - Oxygen - Serine - Threonine

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