Abstract
The discoveries that complex carbohydrates are tissue-specific cell-surface antigens and the receptors for hormones, toxins, bacteria, and viruses have created considerable interest in complex carbohydrates. Furthermore, the complex carbohydrate portions of some glycoprotein hormones are required for their biological activity, and the complex carbohydrates of some glycoprotein enzymes keep the enzymes stable, while the carbohydrates of some glycoproteins direct the glycoproteins to their proper locations. Moreover, the immune response to glycoproteins is often directed to their carbohydrate side chains, and the carbohydrate chains have been shown to affect the activity and residence time of glycoprotein pharmaceuticals. Still another discovery that has generated considerable interest in complex carbohydrate research is that these molecules perform regulatory functions in plants and animals, often at the level of controlling gene expression.
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Darvill, A.G. et al. (1989). Oligosaccharins - Plant Regulatory Molecules. In: Lugtenberg, B.J.J. (eds) Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions. NATO ASI Series, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74158-6_3
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