Derivatives of amine-containing sugars, such as N-acetylglucosamine, are also considered amine sugars. Incorporated into protein-linked sugar chains, amino sugars regulate protein function and ...

The POSTECH team uncovered this mechanism by investigating the byssus of hairy mussels, where proteins containing EGF/EGF-like domains bind strongly to N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)-based biopolymers.