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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Glycobiology. 2008 Apr 4;18(6):426–440. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwn026

Table IV.

Example PDB-style GLYCAM residue identifiers for glucose. Specifying linkage position (first position), monosaccharide residue (second position: one-letter code), D- or L-configuration (second position case), anomeric configuration (third position), and pyranose of furanose (third position case)

Linkage Pyranoses
Furanoses
D-Sugars
L-Sugars
D-Sugars
L-Sugars
A-D-Glcp- β-D-Glcp- α-L-Glcp- β-L-Glcp- α-D-Glcf- β-D-Glcf- α-L-Glcf- β-L-Glcf-
1- 1GA 1GB 1gA 1gB 1Ga 1Gb 1ga 1gb
4- 4GA 4GB 4gA 4gB 4Ga 4Gb 4ga 4gb
2,6- XGA XGB XgA XgB Xga XGb Xga Xgb
2,3,6- SGA SGB SgA SgB Sga SGb Sga Sgb