Biology · Boston College
Satisfies the advanced experience requirement for the Biology major. In this seminar course we will discuss the structures, function, and metabolism (biosynthesis and degradation) of carbohydrate-containing molecules, which are widely distributed in nature. Glycosylation is a major type of posttranslational modification of proteins and lipids, and as a result of such modification these molecules (glycoconjugates) obtained new physical, chemical and biological properties that frequently determine very specific processes in the cells and whole living organisms. Glycoconjugates have important rol
