Glucosamine

NAG is a quasi-standard abbreviation for N-acetyl glucosamine. It is a modified carbohydrate that can be added to a protein via the N- or O-linked pathways. If this is one of the Ian Wilson MHC Class II structures, the NAGs are N-linked to the side ...

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... bowel disease: what does it mean? Eur J Intern Med. 2000;11(4):191-196. 211. Salvatore S, Heuschkel R, Tomlin S, et al. A pilot study of N-acetyl glucosamine, a nutritional substrate for glycosaminoglycan synthesis, in pediatric chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther.2000;14:1567-1579. ...

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... Chlorophyceae) - group of 2 »?E Kapaun, W Reisser - Planta, 1995 - Springer ?... Phytochemistry 18:419-422 Mihara S (1961) Change in glucosamine content?of Chlorella cells during the course of their life cycle. ... ?Cited by 12 - Related Articles - Web Search - BL Direct http://www.springerlink.com/content/k64085960p221621/

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... a unique biopolymer in that it contains both D- and L-amino acids. Its basic structure is a carbohydrate backbone of alternating units of N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid. The NAM residues are cross-linked with oligopeptides. The terminal peptide is D-alanine although other amino ...

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N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase. Reaction: N-sulfo-D-glucosamine + H(2)O <=> D-glucosamine + sulfate Acting on sulfur-nitrogen bonds I got that from here: http://www.expasy.org/cgi-bin/nicezyme.pl?3.10.1.1 And here: http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/EC3/10/1/1.html ...

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