Glycobiology

Glycosciences and Monosaccharides

Glycobiology is the study of the function, biosynthesis and biology of saccharides that are broadly scattered in nature. Sugars or saccharides are essential components of all living things and aspects of the different roles they play in biology and are researched in various medical, biochemical and biotechnological fields. The study of glycan structures is also complex by the lack of a direct template for their biosynthesis, contrary to the case with proteins where their amino acid sequence is determined by their corresponding gene.