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Figure 8.4
The glycosylation potential of insects,
especially
D. melanogaster.
(a) Typical features
of insect
N
- glycans are the paucimannosidic
structures, containing between two and four
mannose residues and sometimes fucose;
although the presence of two fucose residues
on the core is a feature of many insect species,
the Lewis-like modifi cation is a feature of bee
venom glycoproteins, which has not been
found in the fruit fl y. (b) Insect
O
- glycans tend
to be simpler versions of those types found in
mammals. (c) The glycolipids of insects are
different from those in mammals and contain,
generally, the so-called
arthro
- series core.
Figure 8.5
The glycosylation potential of nema-
todes, especially
C. elegans.
(a) As with insects,
typical features of worm
N
- glycans are the pau-
of phosphorylcholine on
N
- glycans is a nema-
tode ' speciality ' ; (b) Nematode
O
- glycans tend
