The Picture Dictionnary


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The Picture Dictionnary of Monosaccharide Symbols offers the pictorial representation of an extended series of monosaccharides. Each symbol follows the accepted rules in terms of shape and colors. Images of the symbols at the png format can be downloaded. Prepared lmages (png format) of glycosidic linkages is also provided.to be included in the representation of complex glyco-macro-(molecules). A list of the most common substituents is also available to be used when needed, along with the colour coding used throughout the Picture Dictionnary.

The order of presentation is as follows :

Background

The representation of monosaccharides as symbols is becoming more than a common practice in the field of Glycobiology. This is the result of a concerted effort of glycoscientists and the increasing reference to the textbook "Essential of Glycobiology". Historically, it was engendered by an evaluation of widely used symbol nemenclature originally put forth by Stuart Kornfeld. The symbol notation was extended : first to describe the structure of pathogen polysaccharides (Berger et al.,) and second in a previous version of the Glycopedia chapter (The Monosaccharide Representation in the age of Glycobiology) to account for the occurrence of monosaccharide units found in other kingdoms.

Following these steps, a further extension of the representation has been set forward in the context of the Third Edition of "Essential of Glycobiology" as shown below.

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Hexoses and Substituted

Glucose 2S3Me6S

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Glucose 6S

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Glucose 6Ac

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Mannse 6Ac

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Mannose 6P

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Mannose Pyruvate

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Galactose 2S

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Galactose 2S3S

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Galactose 2S6S

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Galactose 3S

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Galactose 3S4S

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Galactose 3S6S

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Galactose 4S

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Galactose 4S6S

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Galactose 6S

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Galactose 6Ac

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Galactose Me

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HexNAc and Substituted

Hexosamines and Substituted

Hexuronates and Substituted

Deoxyhexoses and Substituted

DeoxyhexoseNAc

Pentoses and Substituted

Deoxypentoses and Substituted

DeoxyRibose

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DeoxyArabinose

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DeoxyXylose

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DeoxyXylose

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Nonulosonate

Various

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Linkage

Substituents

Diphosphoethanolamine

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Glyceric acid

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Phosphocoline

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Phosphoethanolamine

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Pyrophosphate

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Templates

Deoxyhexose

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DeoxyhexoseNAc

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DeoxyPentose

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Nonulosonate

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Miscellaneous

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Unsaturated Hexuronic Acid

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