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spectrometers, TOF/TOF, Qq-FTMS ±×¸®°í CCSD, KEGG¿Í °°Àº informatics resources -
metabolism°ú pathway ¹é°ú»çÀü, SimGlycan¢ç - high-throughput fragment finger-printing
program ±×¸®°í GlycoMod, GlycoFragment µî°ú °°Àº ±¸Á¶¿¹Ãø µµ±¸ µîÀÌ ¿À´Ã³¯ÀÇ Àü¹®Àû À¯Çà¾î
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The Carbohydrate Involvement
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DNA¿Í ´Ü¹éÁúÀÇ Å©±â¿Í º¹À⼺¿¡ µÚÁöÁö ¾Ê½À´Ï´Ù. ´õ±º´Ù³ª, ´Ù¹æ¸éÀÇ ¿ªÇÐ Á¦¾î ¹× ¿µÇâÀ» ¹ÌÄ¡´Â ¼¼Æ÷
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Current Glycomics Trends
±×·¯³ª, Áö³ ¼ö½Ê ³â°£¿¡ °ÉÃÄ Åº¼öȹ° »ç½½±¸Á¶¸¦ Ž±¸ÇÏ´Â ¸Å¿ì °·ÂÇÑ »õ·Î¿î ±â¼úµéÀÌ °³¹ßµÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
°á°úÀûÀ¸·Î, Á¦Á¶°úÁ¤¿¡¼ ¡°Glycobiology¡±¶ó ºÒ¸®´Â ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ »õ·Î¿î ¿¬±¸±âȸÀÇ ¿µ¿ªÀ¸·Î ¶°¿À¸£°Ô ÇØÁÖ´Â
glycan ¹× glycopeptide ºÐ¼®ÀÇ »õ·Î¿î ±¹°æÀÌ ¿¸®°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°Glycobiology¡±¶ó´Â ´Ü¾î´Â Oxford Glycobiology InstituteÀÇ ¼ö¼®ÀÎ Raymond A Dwek. ±³¼ö¿¡
ÀÇÇØ Ã³À½ ¸¸µé¾îÁ³½À´Ï´Ù. Glycobiology´Â ÀÌÁ¦ ¿¬±¸ ¹®Çå ¹× Åä·Ð Æ÷·³¿¡¼ ÀϹÝÀûÀÎ ¿ë¾îÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Àß ¾Ë·ÁÁø Glycobiology ¿¬±¸°úÇÐÀÚÀÎ Ajit Varki ¹Ú»ç´Â "Essentials of Glycobiology" º»¹®¿¡
glycobiology´Â ¡° ź¼öȹ° ÈÇÐ ¹× »ýÈÇÐÀÇ ÀüÅëÀûÀÎ Çй®°ú glycanÀÇ ¼¼Æ÷ ¹× ºÐÀÚ»ý¹°ÇÐ Çö´ëÀû
ÀÌÇظ¦ °¡Áø Çй®ÀÇ µµ·¡¡±¶ó°í Ç¥±âÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
The Scope of Glycomics Research
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ÈξÀ ´õ Áß¿äÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
Ä¡·á ¹× Áø´Ü¸ñÀûÀ¸·Î °³¹ß °¡´É¼ºÀÌ ¹øµæÀÌ´Â ¿©·¯ Áúȯ°ú Áúº´ÀÇ Á߽ɺο¡ GlycansÀº ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
GlycansÀÌ º¹ÀâÇÏ°Ô °ü¿©ÇÏ´Â ¸¹Àº »ýÈÇÐÀû °æ·Î¿Í Áúº´µéÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ´çÀÌ »ý¸®Àû Á¶°Ç¿¡ ¿µÇâÀ» ÁÙ ¼ö
ÀÖ´Â ¿©·¯ Åë·ÎµéÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Glycans are at the center of many disorders and diseases sparking the possibility of
exploiting them for the rapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
¾ÆÁ÷ ¸íÈ®ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀº, ´Ù·®ÀÇ ¿¬±¸°úÁ¦´Â, ¼ø¿°ú Á¶ÇÕÀ¸·Î ¾ó¸¶³ª ¸¹ÀÌ ½ÇÁ¦ ÀÚ¿¬°è¿¡ Á¸ÀçÇÏ´Â °¡´É±¸Á¶¸¦
¿¹ÃøÇÒ ¼ö Àִ°¡ ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ´Â ¿ì¸®°¡ Ȱ¦ ¿¸° ´çºÐ¾ß¿¡ ¸· ¹ß°ÉÀ½À» ¿Å°Ü ³õ¾Ò°í ±×Àü¿¡ ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô ¾à°£
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What is not yet clear, and is a subject of great deal of research, is how many of the possible
structures that can be predicted by permutation and combination actually exist in nature.
It seems that we have just stepped upon the wide open field of sugars and there is much
running around to do before we get to some serious work.
Analysis of Complex Glycan and Glycopeptide Structures
Glycobiology ¿¬±¸¿¡¼ Áß¿äÇÑ ¹Ì°³Ã´ºÐ¾ßÀÇ Çϳª°¡ glycome ¾ÏÈ£Çص¶ Ž±¸ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. GlycomeÀº ¼¼Æ÷³»
ÇöÀç ´ç °³Ã¼ ÆÐÅÏÀÌ ÀÚÀ¯·Î¿îÁö ¾Æ´Ï¸é glycoproteins, glycolipids µî°ú °°Àº º¹ÇÕÇüÅÂÀÎÁö ÂüÁ¶ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
ÀÌ´Â ÀϽÃÀûÀ¸·Î °üÂûÇÒ ¶§¸¶´Ù µ¿ÀÏÇÏÁö ¾Ê°í ¼ö½Ã·Î º¯°æµÇ¾î Á»´õ ÀÇ¿åÀ» µ¸¿ì°Ô ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
¿Ïº®ÇÑ ±â´ÉÀÇ glycanÀº ¸Å¿ì º¹ÀâÇÕ´Ï´Ù. À¯ÀüÄڵ忡¼ À¯·¡µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ´Ü¹éÁú ±¸¼º°ú´Â ´Þ¸® glycanÀÇ
±¸Á¶¿Í ÇüŸ¦ ½±°Ô ¿¹ÃøÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ ¾ó¸¶³ª Á¤È®È÷ ¸¸µé¾îÁö°í Á¶ÀýµÇ´ÂÁö¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¿¬±¸¸¦
µ¸¿ì°Ô ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ÀÌ ¹®Á¦¸¦ ÇØ°áÇÏ¸é »ý¹°ÀÇÇÐ ¿¬±¸¿¡ ¾öû³ ÇýÅÃÀÌ µÉ °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
glycan ¿¬±¸ÀÇ ¶Ç ´Ù¸¥ Èï¹Ì·Î¿î Ãø¸éÀº ´Ü¹éÁúÀÇ glycosylationÀÇ »ý¹°ÇÐÀû Á߿伺À» ºÐ¼®ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
½Åü ³»¿¡¼ ¹ß°ßµÇ´Â ´Ü¹éÁúÀÇ Àý¹Ý ÀÌ»óÀÌ ´ç°ú °áÇյǾî ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. öÀúÇÑ ÇÁ·Î¼¼½º ÀÌÇØ·Î N- ¹×
O-linked ź¼öȹ°ÀÇ »ó¼¼±¸Á¶¸¦ °áÁ¤ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
The process has to be thoroughly understood to determine the specific structures of N- and
O-linked carbohydrates.
Glycobiology°¡ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´Â °Å´ëÇÑ ÀáÀç·Â°ú ±â´ë¸¦ ´ãº¸·Î ¸¹Àº Á¦¾àȸ»ç¿Í ¹ÙÀÌ¿À ±â¾÷µéÀÌ ÀÌ¹Ì R&D
¿¹»êÀ» Glycobiolog¿¡ ÇÒ´çÇϱ⠽ÃÀÛÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ÇöÀç, ¾àÁ¦³»¼º, µ¹¿¬º¯ÀÌ º´¿øü¿Í´Â ´ëÁ¶ÀûÀ¸·Î ¿ì¸®ÀÇ
¾àÁ¦ â°í°¡ ºü¸£°Ô °í°¥µÇ´Â »óÅ¿¡¼, glycomics´Â »õ·Î¿î Èĺ¸¾à¹°ÀÇ ¹Ì°³¹ß ¼Ò½º¸¦ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
°£·«È÷ ¸»Çؼ, glycobiology ¿¬±¸ÀÇ ¹üÀ§¿Í ±â´ë °¡´É¼ºÀº ¹«ÇÑÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±â¼úÀûÀ¸·Î Çâ»óµÈ ¿¬±¸ÀºÇàÀÇ
Áøº¸¸¦ ´Ù¾çÇÑ ºÐ¾ß¿Í Ç÷§Æû¿¡ °ÉÃÄ ½±°í ±¤¹üÀ§ÇÏ°Ô Ã¤ÅÃÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
To put it briefly, the scope of glycobiology research and the expected possibilities are
immense. The progress of the research banks much on the technological advances that
can be adopted easily and widely across various fields and platforms.
A Helping Hand
»õ·Î¿î ±â¼úÀº glycomics ¿¬±¸¿¡ °ü·ÃµÈ Àå¾Ö¹°À» ºü¸£°Ô ²õº¹ÇÏ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
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»õ·Î¿î ±â¼úÀÔ´Ï´Ù. DNA microarrays¿Í ¸¶Âù°¡Áö·Î, °¢°¢ÀÇ Æ¯Á¤ glycan ºÐÀÚ¸¦ ¼øÀÀÇÏ´Â ¿©·¯ °³ÀÇ
spotÀ» ´ã°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. °í¼Ó 󸮱â¼ú·Î, ź¼öȹ° microarrays´Â ¼¼Æ÷ÀÇ ºÐÈ¿Í È°¼ºÈ µ¿¾È ´Ü¹éÁú
glycosylation º¯ÈÀÇ ÀÌÇØ¿¡ Ưº°ÇÑ °¡Ä¡¸¦ ¾à¼ÓÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
NMR ºÐ±¤±â´Â glycans ±¸Á¶ºÐ¼®¿¡ ÀûÁö ¾ÊÀº ¿äÁ¡À» Á¦°øÇÏ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ±â¼úÀº monosaccharide
ÀÔüÈÇÐ, anomeric configuration, ¿¬°è À¯Çü°ú Àüü ´ç ½ÃÄö½º¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ oligosaccharides¸¦ Ư¼ºÈ
Çϴµ¥ µµ¿òÀÌ µË´Ï´Ù. º¹ÀâÇÑ Åº¼öȹ°ÀÇ 1H-NMR µ¥ÀÌÅ͸¦ ¾ò´Â°Ô ¸Å¿ì µµ¿òÀÌ µË´Ï´Ù.
ÁÁÀº ±¸Á¶ µ¥ÀÌÅ͸¦ ¾ò±â À§ÇØ »ó´ëÀûÀ¸·Î ¸¹Àº ¾çÀÇ »ùÇÃÀ» ÇÊ¿ä·Î ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ NMR ºÐ±¤±â¿¡ ÀÖ¾î¼
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Enter Mass Spectrometry
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±â°è´Â °í±Þ µ¥ÀÌÅÍ ºÐ¼® ¹× fingerprinting ÇÁ·Î±×·¥°ú °áÇÕÇÏ¿© º¹ÀâÇÑ glycan ºÐÀÚÀÇ ±¸Á¶¸¦ Á¤È®ÇÏ°Ô
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À§ÇÑ °·ÂÇÑ µµ±¸ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ´Â biopolymer ºÐ¼®¿¡ Áß¿äÇÑ ¿ªÇÒÀ» ´ã´çÇÏ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
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ESI-Ion Trap, ESI-LC/TOF, Fleet Ion Trap LC/MS, Orbitrap-Hybrid MS ¹× ESI-Q-q-TOF
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