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Published on: July 6, 2012
Synthesis of Glycosylated Metal Complexes for Probing Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interactions
1Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gumma, Japan. t-hasegawa@toyo.jp.
Abstract:
Densely packed carbohydrate clusters on cell surfaces play essential roles in varieties of bioprocesses. Little information has been, however, accumulated so far concerning their structural/functional details. In this chapter, we discuss artificial systems to investigate carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions within/between the carbohydrate cluster(s). Among such artificial systems, much attention will be especially placed on glycosylated tris-bipyridine ferrous complexes for monitoring not only carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions within the glycocluster but also their resultant conformational changes.
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