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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 V.

Examples of PDB-style GLYCAM residue identifiers for common monosaccharide derivatives (N-acetylhexosamines and uronic acids) specifying linkage position (first position), monosaccharide residue (second and third position), D- or L-configuration (second position case), and anomeric configuration (third position case)

Linkage N-Acetylhexosamines
Uronic acids
D-Sugars
L-Sugars
D-Sugars
L-Sugars
α-D-Glcp-Nac β-D-Glcp-NAc α-L-Glcp-Nac β-L-Glcp-NAc α-D-Glcp-A β-D-Glcp-A α-L-Glcp-A β-L-Glcp-A
3- 3GN 3Gn 3gN 3gn 3GU 3Gu 3gU 3gu
4- 4GN 4Gn 4gN 4gn 4GU 4Gu 4gU 4gu
3,4- WGN WGn WgN Wgn WGU Wgu WgU Wgu