Updates to the Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans guidelines

Sriram Neelamegham(University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Kiyoko F. Aoki‐Kinoshita(Soka University), Evan Bolton(United States National Library of Medicine), Martin Frank(Biognos (Sweden)), Frédérique Lisacek(University of Geneva), Thomas Lütteke(Sana Klinikum Offenbach), Noel M. O’Boyle(Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom)), Nicolle H. Packer(Macquarie University), Pamela Stanley(Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Filip V. Toukach(N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry), Ajit Varki(University of California San Diego), Robert J. Woods(University of Georgia), The SNFG Discussion Group, Alan G. Darvill, Anne Dell(Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques), Bernard Henrissat, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Gerald Hart, Hisashi Narimatsu, Hudson H. Freeze, Issaku Yamada, James C. Paulson, James Prestegard, Jamey D. Marth, Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart, Marilynn E. Etzler, Markus Aebi, Minoru Kanehisa, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Nathan Edwards, Pauline M. Rudd, Peter H. Seeberger, Raja Mazumder, René Ranzinger, Richard Cummings, Ronald L. Schnaar, Serge Pérez, Stuart Kornfeld(Soka University), Taroh Kinoshita, William S. York, Yuriy A. Knirel
Glycobiology
June 8, 2019
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Abstract

The Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans (SNFG) is a community-curated standard for the depiction of monosaccharides and complex glycans using various colored-coded, geometric shapes, along with defined text additions. It is hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the NCBI-Glycans Page (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/glycans/snfg.html). Several changes have been made to the SNFG page in the past year to update the rules for depicting glycans using the SNFG, to include more examples of use, particularly for non-mammalian organisms, and to provide guidelines for the depiction of ambiguous glycan structures. This Glycoforum article summarizes these recent changes.


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