Scientists have been unable to determine the structure of a biologically important so-called GAG proteoglycan -- or even to agree whether these remarkably complex molecules have well-defined ...

Carbohydrates are one of the most essential food groups in the diet of all animals, including humans. They provide essential elements the body needs for instant energy production and various vital ...

Carbohydrates are abundant in nature, forming the basis of plant leaves and stems and the exoskeletons of marine organisms. But scientists don’t know a lot about the structures and functions of these ...

PROF. W. N. HAWOKTH'S presidential address to Section B (Chemistry) deals with the molecular structure of carbohydrates. Ten years have elapsed since the structural model of glucose was first ...

The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) has created a carbohydrate sequence that can fold into a stable secondary structure. To date, self-folding biopolymers had only been ...