Edward McSweegan, PhD (EM8P at NIH.GOV) wrote:
: Aside from the single amino acid sights of glycosylation, are there any
: specific amino acid sequences that signal or suggest points of
: glycosylation? I've heard there are some for eukaryotes. Are there any
: such sequences for bacteria?
: Thanks
: E. McSweegan
You need to be a bit more specific. there is a very simple sequence that
is necessary but not sufficient for N-linked glycosylation, and there are
a variety of concensus sequeences and algorithms that predict mammalian
O-linked glycosylation. I am not familiar with bacterial sequences, i was
under the impression (perhaps mistaken) that bugs don;t glycosylate the
way that Eukaryotes do.
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