Nomenclature of glycoproteins, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans

Errata

Eur. J. Biochem., 1986, 159, 1-6; Glycoconjugate J., 1986, 3, 123-134; J. Biol. Chem., 1987, 262, 13-18; Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1389-1394; Amino Acids and Peptides, 1990, 21, 329-334; and in Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pp 84-89.

Error 1:-

Introduction, paragraph 5.

The term 1-deoxyketosyl has been replaced with 1-deoxyketos-1-yl; N-(1-deoxyfructosyl)hemoglobin by N-(1-deoxyfructos-1-yl)hemoglobin and deoxyfructosylhemoglobin by (1-deoxyfructos-1-yl)hemoglobin. The fourth sentence has been reworded.

The reason for this change is that the term 1-deoxyketosyl implies attachment through the anomeric carbon, which for 1-deoxyfructose would be C-2. The required group retains the hemiacetal (hemiketal) function at C-2 and the attachment is through C-1. Hence the group should be called 1-deoxyfructos-1-yl. See Nomenclature of Carbohydrates rule 2-Carb-31.1 for the use of glycosyl and 2-Carb-31.2 for the naming of other groups.

Error 2:-

Published in Eur. J. Biochem., 1989, 185, 485 and Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, p 89. Section 2.3. Peptidoglycans.

Page .2, column 2, section 2.3, lines 2/3: for muramic acid {2-amino-3-O-[(S)-1-carboxyethyl]-2-deoxy-D-glucose}, read muramic acid {2-amino-3-O-[(R)-1-carboxyethyl]-2-deoxy-D-glucose}.


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