Bioinformatics for glycobiology and glycomics : an introduction / edited by Claus-Wilhelm von der Lieth, Thomas Lutteke and Martin Frank. — Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009. – (58.17422/B615b) |
Contents
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Section 1: Introduction
1. Glycobiology, Glycomics and (Bio) Informatics
Section 2: Carbohydrate Structures
2. Introduction to Carbohydrate Structure and Diversity
3. Digital Representations of Oligo- and Polysaccharides
4. Evolutionary Considerations in Studying the Sialome: Sialic Acids and the Host-Pathogen Interface
Section 3: Carbohydrate-active Enzymes and Glycosylation
5. Carbohydrate-active Enzymes Database: Principles and Classification of Glycosyltransferases
6. Other Databases Providing Glycoenzyme Data
7. Bioinformatics Analysis of Glycan Structures from a Genomic Perspective
8. Glycosylation of Proteins
9. Prediction of Glycosylation Sites in Proteins
Section 4: Experimental Methods - Bioinformatic Requirements
10. Experimental Methods for the Analysis of Glycans and Their Bioinformatics Requirements
11. Analysis of N- and O-Glycans of Glycoproteins by HPLC Technology
12. Glycomic Mass Spectrometric Analysis and Data Interpretation Tools
13. Software Tools for Semi-automatic Interpretation of Mass Spectra of Glycans
14. Informatics Concepts to Decode Structure-Function Relationships of Glycosaminoglycans
15. NMR Databases and Tools for Automatic Interpretation of Spectra of Carbohydrates
16. Automatic Spectrum Interpretation Based on Increment Rules: CASPER
17. Interpretation of 13C NMR Spectra by Artificial Neural Network Techniques (NeuroCarb)
Section 5: 3D Structures of Complex Carbohydrates
18. Conformational Analysis of Carbohydrates -A Historical Overview
19. Predicting Carbohydrate 3D Structures Using Theoretical Methods
20. Synergy of Computational and Experimental Methods in Carbohydrate 3D Structure Determination and Validation
Section 6: Protein-Carbohydrate Interaction
21. Structural Features of Lectins and Their Binding Sites
22. Statistical Analysis of Protein-Carbohydrate Complexes Contained in the PDB
Section 7: Appendices
Appendix 1: List of Available Websites
Appendix 2: Glossary
Index