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Synthesis of defined glycoproteins and their structural and biological evaluation

ReferenceB13410
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Sabine Flitsch
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Edinburgh
DepartmentSch of Chemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 214,060
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 06/11/2000
End date 06/11/2003
Duration36 months

Abstract

The synthesis of defined glycosylated proteins is an important scientific goal. Based on some recently developed in vitro methodology we propose the synthesis of diversely glycosylated natural and unnatural glycoproteins. Two structurally very different proteins have been chosen as model systems for these studies: the human glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (hEPO) and the integral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR). The synthetic glycoproteins thus generated will be studied in a series of experiments ranging from fundamental studies on the role of protein glycosylation to practical applications exploring the use of proteins as scaffolds for the polyvalent presentation of saccharides.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
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