FIG. 1.
Simplified schematic of C. albicans N-linked glycans. The Man8 core group is attached to the asparagine through two N-acetylglucosamine residues (grey squares). The acid-stable fraction consists of the extended outer chain decorated with α-1,2- and α-1,3-linked oligomannoside branches (grey circles). Acid-labile oligomannosides are linked to the acid-stable branches through a phosphodiester (P), n = 1 to 14. The β-1,2-linked mannose units in the acid-stable region are present only in serotype A strains.