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Examples of N-glycan structures and the four types of human mucin O-glycans

Examples of N-glycan structures and the four types of human mucin O-glycans, namely: [core 1] Galβ1–3GalNAcαSer/Thr; [core 2] GlcNAcβ1–6(Galβ1–3) GalNAcαSer/Thr; [core 3] GlcNAcβ1–3GalNAcαSer/Thr; [core 4] GlcNAcβ1–6(GlcNAcβ1–3)GalNAcαSer/Thr. (Source: Conte F, van Buuringen N, Voermans NC, Lefeber DJ. Galactose in human metabolism, glycosylation, and congenital metabolic diseases: time for a closer look. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2021;1865[8]:129898. CC BY License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)