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:Glycoproteins and protein-carbohydrate complexes in the worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) can be an excellent source of information for glycoscientists. Unfortunately, a rather large number of errors and inconsistencies is found in the glycan moieties of these 3D structures. This review illustrates frequent problems of carbohydrate moieties in wwPDB entries, such as nomenclature issues, incorrect N-glycan core structures, missing or erroneous linkages, or poor glycan geometry, and describes the carbohydrate-specific validation tools that are designed to identify such problems. Recommendations how to avoid these issues or how to rectify incorrect structures are also given.
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Curr Opin Struct Bioljournal_title
Current opinion in structural biologyauthors
Joosten RP,Lütteke Tdoi
10.1016/j.sbi.2016.10.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-06-01 00:00:00pages
9-17eissn
0959-440Xissn
1879-033Xpii
S0959-440X(16)30122-1journal_volume
44pub_type
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