Preferred Label : glyco-amino-acid;
IUPAC definition : A saccharide attached to a single amino acid by any kind of covalent bond. A glycosyl-amino-acid
is a compound consisting of saccharide linked through a glycosyl linkage ( i O /i
-, i N /i -, or i S /i -) to an amino acid.;
Scope note : the hyphens are needed to avoid implying that the carbohydrate is necessarily linked
to the amino group.;
Origin ID : G02650;
See also
A saccharide attached to a single amino acid by any kind of covalent bond. A glycosyl-amino-acid
is a compound consisting of saccharide linked through a glycosyl linkage ( i O /i
-, i N /i -, or i S /i -) to an amino acid.
